Spanish Conversation · Level 162
29 words
Spanish word
enredar
Pronunciation
IPA/enreˈðaɾ/
Meaning
- verbtangle
Example
No enredes los cables detrás de la mesa.
Don't tangle the cables behind the table.
More examples
No enredes la situación con detalles innecesarios.
Don't complicate the situation with unnecessary details.
Core concept
A person entangled in a net of ropes.
Common phrases
enredar la situación
complicate the situation
enredar la lana
tangle the wool
Similar words
involucrar: Involves a person in an event or ongoing relationship.
implicar: Implicates a person in an act, wrongdoing, or specific problem.
liar: Ropes a person into trouble, a plot, or someone else's plan.
enmarañar: Tangles relationships, making interpersonal ties messy and difficult to untangle.
Definition in Spanish
Involucrar a alguien en problemas o mezclar elementos hasta causar confusión, y en sentido físico enredar objetos entre sí.
Word origin
From the prefix en- plus Spanish red "net" (from Latin rete), originally meaning 'put into a net' and so 'to entangle' or 'involve'.
Usage tips
- When the object is a person, Spanish uses the personal a (enredar a alguien), and the reflexive enredarse means 'become tangled' or 'become involved'.
Other meanings
- involveverb
- confuseverb
Opposites
- desenredaruntangleverb
Related words
- enredamientoentanglementnoun
- enredadotangledadjective