encadenar

v.

1 to chain (up).

El secuestrador encadenó a María The kidnapper chained Mary.

2 to link (together).

3 to link together, to connect.

El constructor encadenó los salones The constructor connected the rooms.

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encadenar

► verbo transitivo

1 (poner cadenas) to chain (up)

2 figurado (enlazar) to connect, link up

3 figurado (atar) to tie down

■ el cuidado de su madre la encadena en casa looking after her mother ties her to the house

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verb

1) to chain

2) link

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1. VT

1) (=atar con cadenas) (lit) to chain, chain together; (fig) to tie down

los negocios le encadenan al escritorio — business ties him to his desk

2) [+ prisionero] to fetter, shackle

3) [+ de hechos, ideas] to connect, link

4) (=inmovilizar) to shackle, paralyze, immobilize

2.

VI (Cine) to fade in

encadenar a — to fade to

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <prisionero/bicicleta> to chain (up)

b) obligación/trabajo to tie (down)

c) <ideas/pensamientos> to link

2) (Cin) <escenas/secuencias> to fade ... together

2.

encadenarse v pron (refl)

encadenarse a algo — to chain oneself to something

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= chain, shackle, fetter.

Ex. Some institutional libraries were chained (when the books were necessarily shelved fore-edge outwards), the chains being attached to a staple riveted to an edge of one of the boards.

Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.

Ex. Christ bears the cross on his shoulder at the head of a long shaft supported by a male prisoner fettered at the legs and a mendicant friar.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <prisionero/bicicleta> to chain (up)

b) obligación/trabajo to tie (down)

c) <ideas/pensamientos> to link

2) (Cin) <escenas/secuencias> to fade ... together

2.

encadenarse v pron (refl)

encadenarse a algo — to chain oneself to something

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= chain, shackle, fetter.

Ex: Some institutional libraries were chained (when the books were necessarily shelved fore-edge outwards), the chains being attached to a staple riveted to an edge of one of the boards.

Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.

Ex: Christ bears the cross on his shoulder at the head of a long shaft supported by a male prisoner fettered at the legs and a mendicant friar.

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encadenar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹prisionero› to chain, chain up

encadenó la bicicleta a la reja she chained the bicycle to the railings

2 «obligación/trabajo» to tie, tie down

3 ‹ideas/pensamientos› to link

B (Cin) ‹escenas/secuencias› to fade … together

■ encadenarse

v pron

(refl) encadenarse A algo to chain oneself TO sth

se encadenaron a las rejas en señal de protesta they chained themselves to the railings in protest

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encadenar (conjugate encadenar) verbo transitivo ‹prisionero/bicicleta› to chain (up)
encadenar verbo transitivo
1 to chain [a, to]
figurado está encadenada a la casa, she's tied to the house
2 (ideas) to link, connect
'encadenar' also found in these entries:
English:
chain
- fetter

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encadenar

♦ vt

1. [atar] to chain (up) (a to)

2. [enlazar] to link (together)

♦ See also the pronominal verb encadenarse

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encadenar

v/t chain (up); fig

link o

put together

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encadenar vt

1) : to chain

2) : to connect, to link

3) inmovilizar: to immobilize

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encadenar vb to chain