Spanish Conversation · Level 195
15 words
Spanish word
entramado
Pronunciation
IPA/entɾaˈmaðo/
Meaning
- masculine nounsystem
Example
El entramado social facilita la ayuda entre vecinos.
The social system facilitates mutual aid among neighbors.
More examples
El entramado económico condiciona la supervivencia de los pequeños negocios.
The economic framework conditions the survival of small businesses.
Core concept
Mesh of invisible links supporting a structure.
Common phrases
entramado social
social fabric
entramado económico
economic framework
entramado de corrupción
corruption network
Similar words
red: Connects individuals and groups through channels for communication and support.
sistema: Composes a structured set of parts that work together to perform a function.
marco: Establishes the basic structure or set of guidelines for carrying out tasks.
trama: Forms an intricate weave of events and relations producing complicated links.
Definition in Spanish
Red de conexiones y mecanismos, a menudo implícitos, que sostienen el funcionamiento de algo.
Word origin
Derives from the past participle of entramar and the root trama (originally 'weft' or 'weave'), conveying a woven or meshed set of connections.
Usage tips
- Often carries a negative shade implying concealment or manipulation (as in 'entramado criminal'), so its tone is stronger than the neutral English 'network'.
Other meanings
- networknoun
Opposites
- desarticulacióndisarticulationnoun
- fragmentaciónfragmentationnoun
Related words
- entramarinterweaveverb
- entramamientointerweavingnoun