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.

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ADJ [hilos, cuerdas] tangled (up)

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-da adjetivo

1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; <pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated

2)

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

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= 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.

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* enredado en = enmeshed in, caught up in.

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-da adjetivo

1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; <pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated

2)

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

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= 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.

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enredado -da

adjective

A

1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled; ‹pelo› tangled, knotted

la lana está toda enredada the wool is all tangled o tangled up

2 ‹asunto/idea› complicated

la situación está muy enredada the situation is very complicated o involved

B

1 (involucrado) involved enredado EN algo mixed up o caught up o embroiled o involved IN sth

se vio enredado en el escándalo he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandal

terminaron enredados en una pelea they ended up getting (themselves) into a fight

2 (fam) (en un lío amoroso) enredado CON algn involved WITH sb

anduvo enredada con un hombre casado she was involved with a married man

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Del verbo enredar: (conjugate enredar)

enredado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
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◊ -da adjetivo

1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled;
‹pelo› tangled, knotted;
‹asunto/idea› complicated
2

a) (involucrado) enredado en algo mixed up in sth

b) (fam) (en lío amoroso) enredado con algn involved with sb

enredar (conjugate enredar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹cuerdas/cables› to get … tangled up, tangle up

b) (embarullar) ‹persona› to muddle … up, confuse;

‹asunto/situación› to complicate

c) (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 trouble

b) (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 sb

b) (involucrarse) enredadose en algo to get mixed up o involved in sth

c) (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
'enredado' also found in these entries:
English:
knotty
- tangled

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enredado, -a adj

1. [cuerdas, madeja, pelo] tangled

2. [asunto, situación] complicated, involved

3. [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

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enredado adj tangled