- enredado
- adj.1 entangled, matted.2 foul (cables y cuerdas). (Nautical)3 confused, tangled, messed, messed-up.4 complicated, intricate, mixed-up, entangled.5 ruffled, enmeshed, matted, tangled.past part.past participle of spanish verb: enredar.* * *ADJ [hilos, cuerdas] tangled (up)* * *-da adjetivo1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; <pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated2)a) (involucrado) involved
enredado en algo — mixed up o caught up in something
se vio enredado en el escándalo — he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandal
b) (fam) (en lío amoroso)enredado con alguien — involved with somebody
* * *= entangled, garbled, tangled, afoul.Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex. Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.----* enredado en = enmeshed in, caught up in.* * *-da adjetivo1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; <pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated2)a) (involucrado) involvedenredado en algo — mixed up o caught up in something
se vio enredado en el escándalo — he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandal
b) (fam) (en lío amoroso)enredado con alguien — involved with somebody
* * *= entangled, garbled, tangled, afoul.Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex: Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.* enredado en = enmeshed in, caught up in.* * *enredado -daadjectiveA1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled; ‹pelo› tangled, knottedla lana está toda enredada the wool is all tangled o tangled up2 ‹asunto/idea› complicatedla situación está muy enredada the situation is very complicated o involvedB1 (involucrado) involved enredado EN algo mixed up o caught up o embroiled o involved IN sthse vio enredado en el escándalo he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandalterminaron enredados en una pelea they ended up getting (themselves) into a fight2 (fam) (en un lío amoroso) enredado CON algn involved WITH sbanduvo enredada con un hombre casado she was involved with a married man* * *
Del verbo enredar: (conjugate enredar)
enredado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
enredado
enredar
enredado◊ -da adjetivo
1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled;
‹pelo› tangled, knotted;
‹asunto/idea› complicated
2a) (involucrado) enredado en algo mixed up in sthb) (fam) (en lío amoroso) enredado con algn involved with sb
enredar (conjugate enredar) verbo transitivoa) ‹cuerdas/cables› to get … tangled up, tangle upb) (embarullar) ‹persona› to muddle … up, confuse;
‹asunto/situación› to complicatec) (fam) (involucrar) enredado a algn en algo to get sb mixed up o caught up in sth
verbo intransitivo (fam)a) (intrigar) to make trouble, stir up troubleb) (Esp) (molestar) to fidget;
enredado con algo to fiddle (around) with sth
enredarse verbo pronominal
1 [lana/cuerda] to get tangled, become entangled;
[pelo] to get tangled o knotted;
[planta] to twist itself around
2 (fam)a) (en lío amoroso) enredadose con algn to get involved with sbb) (involucrarse) enredadose en algo to get mixed up o involved in sthc) (fam) (embarullarse) to get mixed up, get muddled up
enredar verbo transitivo
1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to entangle, tangle up
2 (un asunto, situación) to confuse, complicate
3 fig (implicar en algo ilegal, turbio) to involve [en, in], to mix up [en, in]
4 (convencer, liar) lo enredaron para presentarse a las elecciones, they talked him into being a candidate in the election
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English:
knotty
- tangled
* * *enredado, -a adj1. [cuerdas, madeja, pelo] tangled2. [asunto, situación] complicated, involved3. [persona] [implicado]estar enredado en algo to be mixed up o involved in sth;se vio enredado en un asunto de tráfico de drogas he found himself caught up in a case of drug-trafficking* * *enredado adj tangled
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.