liado

liado

► participio pasado

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► adjetivo

1 (ocupado) busy

2 (confuso) mixed up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar liado,-a to be busy

estar liado,-a con alguien to be involved with somebody, be having an affair with somebody

■ ¿crees que están liados? do you think they're involved with each other?

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-da adjetivo (fam)

a) (ocupado) tied up

liado con algo — tied up with something (colloq)

b) (relacionado)

liado con alguien — involved with somebody

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= tangled.

Ex. Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.

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* todo liado = in a state of disarray.

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-da adjetivo (fam)

a) (ocupado) tied up

liado con algo — tied up with something (colloq)

b) (relacionado)

liado con alguien — involved with somebody

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= tangled.

Ex: Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.

* todo liado = in a state of disarray.

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liado -da

adjective

(fam)

1 (ocupado) tied up (colloq) liado CON algo tied up WITH sth (colloq)

últimamente ando muy liada con el trabajo I've been very tied up o busy with my work lately

2 (relacionado) liado CON algn involved WITH sb

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Del verbo liar: (conjugate liar)

liado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
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◊ -da adjetivo (fam)

a) (ocupado) tied up

b) (relacionado) liado con algn involved with sb

liar (conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹cigarrillo› to roll

b) (atar) to tie (up);

(envolver) to wrap (up);
(en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
2 (fam)

a) ‹situación/asunto› to complicate

b) (confundir) ‹persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle

c) (en un asunto) ‹persona› to involve

liarse verbo pronominal
1 (fam)

a) [asunto] to get complicated

b) [persona] to get confused

2 (Esp fam)

a) (entretenerse):

◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …

b) (emprenderla):

◊ se liadoon a golpes they started throwing punches at each other

liado,-a adj fam estamos muy liados, we are very busy
liar verbo transitivo
1 (envolver) to wrap up
(un cigarro) to roll
2 (embrollar) to muddle up
(aturdir) to confuse
'liado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
liada
English:
muddle

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liado, -a adj

Fam

1. [ocupado] tied up;

ahora ando muy liado I'm pretty tied up at the moment;

Comp

Hum

estar más liado que la pata de un romano to have an awful lot on one's plate

2. [involucrado] involved;

está liado con una compañera de clase he's got a thing going with a girl in his class

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liado adj busy [comp. busier; superl. busiest]

estaba tan liado que no pudo atenderme he was so busy that he couldn't see me