enroscarse

enroscarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to wind, coil (cable) to roll up; (serpiente) to coil itself (up)

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VPR [serpiente] to coil up; [gato] to curl up

la manguera se le enroscó en la pierna — the hose coiled round his leg

la serpiente se enroscaba alrededor del árbol — the snake coiled round the tree

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■enroscarse vr (una serpiente, un gato) to coil up
'enroscarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enroscar
English:
coil
- curl up
- twine
- twist

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vpr

1. [persona, animal] to curl up;

[serpiente] to coil up

2. RP Fam [en conversación] to go on (and on);

[en estudio] to go deeply into;

nos enroscamos a hablar de autos we got into a long discussion about cars;

se enroscaron con el tema del fútbol they went on and on about football

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enroscarse

v/r coil up

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vr

: to coil, to twine

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enroscarse vb to coil / to coil up