enredo

m.

1 tangle, knot (maraña).

2 mess, complicated affair.

comedia de enredo (Teatro & Cine) farce

3 (love) affair (amoroso).

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: enredar.

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enredo

► nombre masculino

1 (maraña) tangle

2 (confusión) mess, muddle, confusion, mix-up

3 (engaño) deceit

4 (travesura) mischief

5 (amoroso) love affair

6 LITERATURA plot

■ comedia de enredo comedy of intrigue

► nombre masculino plural enredos

1 familiar (trastos) bits and pieces

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noun m.

1) mess

2) tangle

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SM

1) [de hilos, cuerda] tangle

un enredo de pelos — a tangle of hair

2) [de datos] [gen] maze, tangle; (=confusión) mix-up

3) (=laberinto) maze

4) (=asunto turbio) shady business

5) (=amorío) love affair

6) (=implicación) embroilment, involvement

7) [en novela] complicated situation

8) pl enredos (=intrigas) intrigues; (=mentiras) mischief sing , mischievous lies

comedia de enredo(s) — comedy of intrigue

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masculino

a) (de hilos) tangle; (en el pelo) tangle, knot

b) (embrollo)

tengo un enredo en las cuentas ... — my accounts are in a terrible mess

está metido en un enredo de dólares — he's involved in some shady currency deals

c) (fam) (lío amoroso) affair

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= tangle, snarl, snarl-up, snare, kink.

Ex. This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.

Ex. She died at 37 weeks due to a kink in her umbilical cord.

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* armar enredos = make + trouble.

* enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.

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masculino

a) (de hilos) tangle; (en el pelo) tangle, knot

b) (embrollo)

tengo un enredo en las cuentas ... — my accounts are in a terrible mess

está metido en un enredo de dólares — he's involved in some shady currency deals

c) (fam) (lío amoroso) affair

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= tangle, snarl, snarl-up, snare, kink.

Ex: This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.

Ex: She died at 37 weeks due to a kink in her umbilical cord.

* armar enredos = make + trouble.

* enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.

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enredo

masculine

1 (de hilos) tangle; (en el pelo) tangle, knot

2

(embrollo): tengo un enredo en las cuentas … my accounts are in a terrible mess

los enredos burocráticos red tape

está metido en un enredo de dólares he's involved in some shady currency deals

armar enredos to make trouble, stir up trouble (colloq)

3 (fam) (lío amoroso) affair

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Del verbo enredar: (conjugate enredar)

enredo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

enredó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
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enredo
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) enredo 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;

enredo 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) enredose con algn to get involved with sb

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

c) (fam) (embarullarse) to get mixed up, get muddled up

enredo sustantivo masculino

a) (de hilos) tangle;

(en el pelo) tangle, knot

b) (embrollo) mess;

◊ tengo un enredo en las cuentas … my accounts are in a terrible mess

c) (fam) (lío amoroso) affair

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
enredo sustantivo masculino
1 (maraña) tangle
2 (asunto lioso) muddle, mess, mix up
3 (amorío) affair
'enredo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
berenjenal
- embrollo
- enredarse
- tejemaneje
- tinglado
- tramoya
- greña
English:
mire
- tangle

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enredo nm

1. [en cuerdas, madeja, pelo] tangle

2. [de una situación] mess, complicated affair;

¡en menudo enredo me he metido! this is a fine mess I've got myself into!

3. [en la mente, al expresarse] muddle;

tengo un enredo tremendo de fechas o [m5]con las fechas I've got into a terrific muddle over the dates

4. [asunto ilícito] shady affair

5. [amoroso] (love) affair, entanglement;

tener un enredo con alguien to have an affair with sb, to be involved with sb

6. [mentira, intriga] mischief-making

7. Lit plot

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enredo

m

1 tangle

2 (confusión) mess, confusion

3 (intriga) intrigue

4 amoroso affair

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enredo nm

1) embrollo: muddle, confusion

2) maraña: tangle

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enredo n

1. (lío, confusión) mess

2. (maraña) tangle