encrespar

encrespar
v.
1 to curl (pelo).
2 to irritate.
3 to ruffle, to crisp, to curl, to frizz.
Encrespamos la tela We ruffled the fabric.
4 to make choppy.
La tormenta encrespó el mar The storm made the sea choppy.
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encrespar
verbo transitivo
1 (pelo) to curl, frizz
2 (mar) to make choppy, make rough
3 figurado (enfurecer) to infuriate
verbo pronominal encresparse
1 (pelo) to stand on end
2 (mar) to get rough
3 figurado (enfurecerse) to get cross, get irritated
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1. VT
1) (=rizar) [+ pelo] to curl; [+ plumas] to ruffle; [+ agua] to ripple; [+ mar] to make rough
2) (=irritar) to anger, irritate
2.
See:
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) <pelo> to make ... go curly; <mar> to make ... rough o choppy
b) <pasiones> to arouse, inflame (liter)

los ánimos estaban muy encrespados — tempers were frayed

c) <persona> to irritate, annoy
2.
encresparse v pron pelo to curl, go curly; mar to get rough o choppy; pasiones to be aroused, be inflamed (liter); persona to become irritated
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= bristle, irritate, annoy, exasperate.
Ex. In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.
Ex. Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.
Ex. Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.
Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) <pelo> to make ... go curly; <mar> to make ... rough o choppy
b) <pasiones> to arouse, inflame (liter)

los ánimos estaban muy encrespados — tempers were frayed

c) <persona> to irritate, annoy
2.
encresparse v pron pelo to curl, go curly; mar to get rough o choppy; pasiones to be aroused, be inflamed (liter); persona to become irritated
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= bristle, irritate, annoy, exasperate.

Ex: In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.

Ex: Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.
Ex: Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.
Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.

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encrespar [A1 ]
vt
1 ‹pelo› to make … go curly; ‹mar› to make … rough o choppy
navegaban en un mar encrespado they were sailing in rough o choppy waters
2 ‹pasiones› to arouse, inflame (liter)
los ánimos estaban muy encrespados tempers were frayed
3 ‹persona› to irritate, annoy
encresparse
v pron
1 «pelo» to curl, go curly; «mar» to get rough o choppy
2 «pasiones» to be aroused, be inflamed (liter)
se fueron encrespando los ánimos tempers became frayed
3 «persona» to become irritated
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encrespar (conjugate encrespar) verbo transitivopeloto make … go curly;
mar› to make … rough o choppy
encresparse verbo pronominal [pelo] to curl, go curly;
[mar] to get rough o choppy
'encrespar' also found in these entries:
English:
curl
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encrespar
vt
1. [pelo] to curl
2. [mar] to make choppy o rough
3. [irritar] [persona] to irritate;
[ambiente] to inflame;
sus comentarios encresparon los ánimos her remarks raised people's hackles
See also the pronominal verb encresparse
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encrespar
v/t
1 pelo curl
2 mar make rough o
choppy
3 fig
ánimos arouse, inflame;
su intervención encrespó el debate/el ambiente her intervention made the debate/the atmosphere even more heated
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encrespar vt
1) : to curl, to ruffle, to ripple
2) : to annoy, to irritate
See also the reflexive verb encresparse

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