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1 tangle up
v.• enredar v.v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) \<\<threads/wool\>\> enredar, enmarañarb) ( confuse)he got terribly tangled up trying to explain himself — se hizo un enredo or (fam) lío tratando de explicarse
c) ( embroil) (usu pass)to get tangled up in something — verse* implicado en algo
* * *v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) \<\<threads/wool\>\> enredar, enmarañarb) ( confuse)he got terribly tangled up trying to explain himself — se hizo un enredo or (fam) lío tratando de explicarse
c) ( embroil) (usu pass)to get tangled up in something — verse* implicado en algo
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2 entangle
in'tæŋɡl(to cause (something) to become twisted or tangled with something else: Her long scarf entangled itself in the bicycle wheel; entangled in an unhappy love affair.) enredar, enmarañartr[ɪn'tæŋgəl]1 enredar, enmarañar2 figurative use enredar, involucrar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto get/become entangled in something (in net, vegetation, etc) enredarse en algo 2 (in affair, etc) enredarse en algo, verse involucrado,-a en algov.• embrollar v.• enmarañar v.• enredar v.• entrampar v.• enzarzar v.• intrincar v.ɪn'tæŋgəltransitive verb enredarto become entangled in something — ( physically) enredarse en algo; (in scheme, lie) verse* envuelto or involucrado en algo
[ɪn'tæŋɡl]VT1) [+ thread etc] enredar, enmarañar2) (fig)to become entangled in sth — verse envuelto en algo, enredarse en algo
* * *[ɪn'tæŋgəl]transitive verb enredarto become entangled in something — ( physically) enredarse en algo; (in scheme, lie) verse* envuelto or involucrado en algo
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