desenredar

desenredar
v.
1 to untangle (hilos, pelo).
2 to sort out (asunto).
3 to clear up, to disentwine, to disentangle, to extricate.
El detective desenreda misterios The detective clears up mysteries.
4 to ravel.
La tejedora desenreda los hilos The knitter ravels the threads.
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desenredar
verbo transitivo
1 to untangle, disentangle
verbo pronominal desenredarse
1 to get out (de, of), extricate oneself (de, from)
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1. VT
1) [+ pelo, lana] to untangle, disentangle
2) [+ dificultad, problema] to straighten out
2.
See:
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1.
verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to untangle, disentangle; <lío> to straighten out, sort out
2.
desenredarse v pron (refl)

desenredarse el pelo — to get the knots out of one's hair

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= unravel, tease out, untangle, disentangle.
Ex. Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.
Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
Ex. Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
Ex. Most fleece is carded between two brushes to disentangle and align the fiber.
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1.
verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to untangle, disentangle; <lío> to straighten out, sort out
2.
desenredarse v pron (refl)

desenredarse el pelo — to get the knots out of one's hair

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= unravel, tease out, untangle, disentangle.

Ex: Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.

Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
Ex: Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
Ex: Most fleece is carded between two brushes to disentangle and align the fiber.

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desenredar [A1 ]
vt
1 ‹pelo/lana› to untangle, disentangle
2 ‹lío› to straighten out, sort out
desenredarse
v pron
1 (refl):
desenredarse el pelo to get the knots out of one's hair, to untangle one's hair
2 (de una situación difícil) to free oneself, extricate oneself
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desenredar (conjugate desenredar) verbo transitivopelo/lanato untangle, disentangle;
líoto straighten out, sort out
desenredarse verbo pronominal (refl) ‹peloto get the knots out of
desenredar verbo transitivo to untangle, disentangle
'desenredar' also found in these entries:
English:
disentangle
- unravel
- untangle
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desenredar
vt
1. [hilos, ovillo, pelo] to untangle
2. [asunto, historia, lío] to sort out;
[problema] to resolve
See also the pronominal verb desenredarse
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desenredar
v/t
1 untangle
2 situación confusa straighten out, sort out
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desenredar vt
: to untangle, to disentangle

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