trabarse

trabarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (enredarse) to get tangled up

2 (mecanismo) to jam

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VPR

1) (=enredarse) to get tangled up

me trabé en un matorral y no podía salir — I got tangled up in a thicket and couldn't get free

se le traba la lengua — he gets tongue-tied; Caribe he loses the thread (of what he is saying)

2) (=atascarse) [cajón, puerta, mecanismo] to jam, get jammed

3) (=involucrarse)

trabarse en una discusión — to get involved in an argument

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■trabarse verbo reflexivo
1 figurado se me traba la lengua, I get tongue-tied
2 (enredarse) to get tangled up
'trabarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
trabar
English:
jam

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vpr

1. [enredarse] to get tangled;

la cuerda se trabó en unas ramas the rope got tangled in some branches

2. [atascarse] [puerta, cerrojo] to jam, to get jammed

3. [espesarse] [salsa] to thicken

4. [al hablar] to stutter;

se le trabó la lengua he tripped over his tongue

5. RP Fam [por drogas, alcohol] to get fuddled

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trabarse

v/r get tangled up

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vr

1) : to jam

2) : to become entangled

3) : to be tongue-tied, to stammer

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trabarse vb

trabársele la lengua a alguien to get tongue tied