tejer

v.

1 to weave (hilos, mimbre).

2 to knit (hacer punto).

tejer y destejer (figurative) to chop and change

3 to spin (telaraña).

4 to carve out (labrar) (porvenir).

5 to tell, to invent, to spin.

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tejer

► verbo transitivo

1 (en telar) to weave

2 (hacer punto) to knit

3 (araña) to spin

4 figurado (plan) to weave, plot, scheme

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tejer y destejer figurado to chop and change

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verb

1) to knit

2) weave

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1. VT

1) [+ tela] to weave; [+ tela de araña] to spin, make; [+ capullo] to spin

tejido a mano — hand-woven

2) (=hacer punto) to knit; (=hacer ganchillo) to crochet; (=coser) to sew

tejido a mano — hand-knitted

3) [+ complot] to hatch; [+ plan] to devise; [+ mentira] to fabricate; [+ cambio etc] to bring about little by little

2. VI

1) [en telar] to weave

- tejer y destejer

2) (=hacer punto) to knit; (=hacer ganchillo) to crochet; (=coser) to sew

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) (en telar) to weave

tejido a mano — hand-woven

b) (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; (con ganchillo) to crochet

máquina de tejer — knitting machine

c) araña to spin

2) (elaborar) <plan> to devise

tejió una gran mentira — she spun an elaborate yarn

2.

tejer vi (en telar) to weave; (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; (con ganchillo) to crochet

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= spin, weave.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado wove, participio woven.

Ex. Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.

Ex. This article compares an expert system to a rug and the shell to the loom on which it was woven.

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* aguja de tejer = knitting needle.

* arte de tejer = weaving.

* máquina de tejer = knitting machine.

* tejer una historia = weave + story.

* tejer una telaraña = draw + web.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) (en telar) to weave

tejido a mano — hand-woven

b) (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; (con ganchillo) to crochet

máquina de tejer — knitting machine

c) araña to spin

2) (elaborar) <plan> to devise

tejió una gran mentira — she spun an elaborate yarn

2.

tejer vi (en telar) to weave; (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; (con ganchillo) to crochet

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= spin, weave.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado wove, participio woven.

Ex: Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.

Ex: This article compares an expert system to a rug and the shell to the loom on which it was woven.

* aguja de tejer = knitting needle.

* arte de tejer = weaving.

* máquina de tejer = knitting machine.

* tejer una historia = weave + story.

* tejer una telaraña = draw + web.

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tejer [E1 ]

vt

A

1 (en un telar) to weave

alfombras tejidas a mano hand-woven rugs

2 (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; (con ganchillo) to crochet

máquina de tejer knitting machine

3 «araña» to spin

B

(elaborar, desarrollar): tejieron un plan para asesinarlo they devised a plan o they plotted to murder him

tejió una intriga vergonzosa he wove a shameful web of intrigue

tejió una gran mentira she spun an elaborate lie

■ tejer

vi

1 (en un telar) to weave

2 (con agujas, a máquina) to knit

3 (con ganchillo) to crochet

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tejer (conjugate tejer) verbo transitivo

a) (en telar) to weave;

◊ tejido a mano hand-woven

b) (con agujas, a máquina) to knit;

(con ganchillo) to crochet;

◊ máquina de tejer knitting machine

c) [araña] to spin

verbo intransitivo (en telar) to weave;
(con agujas, a máquina) to knit;
(con ganchillo) to crochet
tejer verbo transitivo
1 (en el telar) to weave: la araña tejía su red, the spider wove its web
2 (calcetar) to knit: me tejió un jersey, he knitted me a pullover
3 fig (una fantasía, historia) to weave
(maquinar, urdir) to plot, scheme
'tejer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hilo
- aguja
- menguar
- palillo
English:
knit
- spin
- weave
- crochet
- knitting
- needle
- purl

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tejer

♦ vt

1. [hilos, mimbre] to weave;

tejió una cesta de mimbre she made a wicker basket;

artículos tejidos a mano hand-woven goods

2. [labor de punto] to knit;

tejer algo a ganchillo to crochet sth

3. [telaraña, capullo] to spin

4. [labrar] [porvenir] to carve out;

[ruina] to bring about

5. [tramar]

tejer un plan to forge a plot

♦ vi

1. [hacer punto] to knit;

tejer a ganchillo to crochet;

Comp

tejer y destejer to change (opinions/behaviour), Br to chop and change

2. [araña, gusano] to spin

3. CSur, Perú Fam [conspirar] to scheme, to plot

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tejer

I v/t weave; tela de araña spin; (hacer punto) knit; fam

intriga devise

II v/i L.Am.

plot, scheme

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tejer vt

1) : to knit, to crochet

2) : to weave

3) fabricar: to concoct, to make up, to fabricate

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tejer vb

1. (entrelazar hilos, mimbre, etc) to weave [pt. wove; pp. woven]

tejió una alfombra she wove a carpet

2. (hacer punto) to knit [pt. & pp. knitted]

tejer un jersey de lana to knit a woollen jumper

3. (araña) to spin [pt. & pp. spun]

la araña teje su tela spiders spin their webs