maraña

f.

1 trick, snarl.

2 thicket.

3 tangle, knot, snarl-up.

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maraña

► nombre femenino

1 (espesura) thicket

2 (enredo) tangle

3 (asunto confuso) muddle, mess

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noun f.

tangle

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SF

1) (=maleza) thicket, tangle of plants

2) [de hilos] tangle

3) (=enredo) mess, tangle

una maraña de pasillos — a maze o labyrinth of passages

una maraña de burocracia — a bureaucratic maze o labyrinth

una maraña de mentiras — a web of lies

4) * (=truco) trick, ruse

5) And small tip

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femenino

a) (de hilos, cabello) tangle

un ovillo hecho una maraña — a tangled ball of wool

b) (de arbustos, malezas) tangle of vegetation

c) (lío, confusión) tangled mess

es una maraña de personajes y relaciones — it is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationships

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= morass, tangled web, tangle, miasma, garble, snarl, snarl-up.

Ex. Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.

Ex. A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.

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

Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.

Ex. For some other slants on this topic, see these two blogs; but beware, as they do contain some notable garbles and omissions.

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.

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* maraña de intrigas = web of intrigue.

* maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.

* maraña política = political thicket.

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femenino

a) (de hilos, cabello) tangle

un ovillo hecho una maraña — a tangled ball of wool

b) (de arbustos, malezas) tangle of vegetation

c) (lío, confusión) tangled mess

es una maraña de personajes y relaciones — it is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationships

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= morass, tangled web, tangle, miasma, garble, snarl, snarl-up.

Ex: Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.

Ex: A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.

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

Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.

Ex: For some other slants on this topic, see these two blogs; but beware, as they do contain some notable garbles and omissions.

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.

* maraña de intrigas = web of intrigue.

* maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.

* maraña política = political thicket.

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maraña

feminine

1 (de hilos, cabello) tangle

un ovillo hecho una maraña a tangled ball of wool

2

(de arbustos, malezas): mi jardín es una verdadera maraña my garden is a real tangle of weeds o is a real jungle

con un machete se abrió paso en la maraña he hacked his way through the tangled vegetation with a machete

3

(lío, confusión): el argumento es una maraña de personajes y relaciones the plot is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationships

no sé cómo entiende esta maraña de números I don't know how he can understand this mess o jumble of numbers

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maraña sustantivo femenino
tangle;

◊ la maraña burocrática the tangle of bureaucracy

maraña sustantivo femenino tangle

'maraña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enredo
English:
tangle
- web

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maraña nf

1. [de cabellos, hilos] tangle;

encontré el interruptor entre una maraña de cables I found the switch amid a tangle of electric cables

2. [maleza] thicket;

la maraña de arbustos no nos permitía avanzar the dense undergrowth prevented us from going any further

3. [complicación] tangle;

están intentando desenrollar la maraña de normas que regulan el sector they are trying to unravel the tangle of regulations that regulate the industry;

no hay quien se entienda con la maraña de idiomas que se hablan allí nobody can understand the jumble of languages they speak there;

le cuesta mucho encontrar lo que busca en la maraña de Internet he finds it difficult to find what he's looking for on-line, the Internet is such a maze

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maraña

f

1 de hilos tangle

2 (lío) jumble

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maraña nf

1) : thicket

2) enredo: tangle, mess