enajenar

v.

1 to drive mad (volver loco).

2 to transfer ownership of, to alienate (law) (propiedad).

Enajenar la propiedad Alienate the property.

La droga enajena a Ricardo Drugs alienate Richard.

3 to derange, to drive mad, to frenzy, to dement.

La tristeza enajenó a María Sadness deranged [demented] Mary.

4 to enthrall, to carry away.

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enajenar

► verbo transitivo

1 (propiedad) to alienate

2 figurado (sacar de sí) to drive mad, drive to distraction

3 figurado (extasiar) to enrapture

► verbo pronominal enajenarse

1 (desposeerse) to deprive oneself (de, of)

2 (apartarse del trato) to become estranged, become alienated

3 figurado (enloquecer) to go mad

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1. VT

1) (Jur) [+ propiedad] to alienate, transfer; [+ derechos] to dispose of

2) (Psic) [gen] to alienate, estrange; (=enloquecer) to drive mad; (=extasiar) to enrapture, carry away

2.

See:

enajenarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (Der, Fil) to alienate

2) (alienar) to alienate, dehumanize

2.

enajenarse v pron

1) (volverse loco) to go out of one's mind, become unhinged

2) <simpatías/amistad> to alienate

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= alienate, disenfranchise, estrange (from).

Ex. That was the only way she could protect herself from the possibility of alienating the very people with whom she was trying to ingratiate herself.

Ex. This article discusses an emerging class of Americans being disenfranchised by the growing importance of information technologies they cannot afford.

Ex. These objects remain useful and functional, though estranged from their usual context.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (Der, Fil) to alienate

2) (alienar) to alienate, dehumanize

2.

enajenarse v pron

1) (volverse loco) to go out of one's mind, become unhinged

2) <simpatías/amistad> to alienate

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= alienate, disenfranchise, estrange (from).

Ex: That was the only way she could protect herself from the possibility of alienating the very people with whom she was trying to ingratiate herself.

Ex: This article discusses an emerging class of Americans being disenfranchised by the growing importance of information technologies they cannot afford.

Ex: These objects remain useful and functional, though estranged from their usual context.

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enajenar [A1 ]

vt

A (frml); ‹bienes› to dispose of, alienate (frml); ‹derecho› to transfer, alienate (frml)

B

1 (alienar) to alienate, dehumanize

2 (Fil) to alienate

■ enajenarse

v pron

A (volverse loco) to go out of one's mind, become unhinged

B ‹simpatías/amistad› to alienate

con ello me enajeno muchas amistades in doing this I am alienating many of my friends o alienating myself from many of my friends

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enajenar verbo transitivo
1 Med (volver loco) to drive insane
2 Jur to transfer
'enajenar' also found in these entries:
English:
alienate
- dispose of

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enajenar

♦ vt

1. [volver loco] to drive mad

2. [extasiar] to enrapture

3. Der [propiedad, bienes] to transfer ownership of, to alienate

♦ See also the pronominal verb enajenarse

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enajenar

v/t

1 JUR transfer

2 (trastornar) drive insane

3

:

enajenar algo dispose of sth

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enajenar vt

1) : to transfer (property)

2) : to alienate

3) : to enrapture

♦ See also the reflexive verb enajenarse