encarrilar

v.

1 to put back on the rails (tren).

El sistema encarrila los trenes The system puts the trains back on the rails

2 to put on the right track, to point in the right direction.

3 to direct, to channel, to guide, to bring to heel.

Las señales encarrilaron a Ricardo The signs directed Richard.

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encarrilar

► verbo transitivo

1 (vehículo) to put on the road, put on the rails

2 figurado (encaminar) to direct, guide, put on the right track

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FRASEOLOGÍA

encarrilar bien/mal un asunto figurado to get off to a good/bad start

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VT

1) [+ tren] to put back on the rails

2) (=dirigir) to direct, guide

no es fácil encarrilar a los niños en nuestros días — it's not easy to guide o provide guidance to one's children these days

ir encarrilado — to be on the right lines; pey to be in a rut

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <vagón/tren> to put ... onto the rails

b) <trabajo/asunto> to direct; <persona> to guide, give guidance to

las negociaciones van bien encarriladas — the negotiations are progressing well

2.

encarrilarse v pron to get back on the rails

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <vagón/tren> to put ... onto the rails

b) <trabajo/asunto> to direct; <persona> to guide, give guidance to

las negociaciones van bien encarriladas — the negotiations are progressing well

2.

encarrilarse v pron to get back on the rails

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encarrilar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹vagón/tren› to put … onto the rails

2 ‹trabajo/asunto› to direct; ‹persona› to guide, give guidance to

las negociaciones van bien encarriladas the negotiations are progressing well

■ encarrilarse

v pron

to get back on the rails

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encarrilar (conjugate encarrilar) verbo transitivo ‹trabajo/asunto› to direct;
‹persona› to guide, give guidance to
encarrilar verbo transitivo
1 (un tren) to put on the rails
2 (un proyecto, la vida, una persona) to put on the right track
'encarrilar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enrielar

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encarrilar

♦ vt

1. [tren] to put back on the rails

2. [negocio, actividad] to put on the right track;

por fin lograron encarrilar el proyecto at last they managed to get the project on the right track;

no ha sabido encarrilar su vida she hasn't been able to give her life a sense of direction

3. [persona] to guide o point in the right direction

♦ See also the pronominal verb encarrilarse

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encarrilar

v/t fig

direct, guide

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encarrilar vt

: to guide, to put on the right track