- tangle
- 'tæŋɡl
1. noun(an untidy, confused or knotted state: The child's hair was in a tangle.) desorden, maraña, enredo
2. verb(to make or become tangled: Don't tangle my wool when I'm knitting.) enredar, enmarañar- tangled- tangle with
tangle n enredowhat a tangle! ¡vaya enredo!in a tangle enredadoher hair was in a tangle tenía el pelo enredadotangletr['tæŋgəl]noun1 (confused mass) enredo, maraña, embrollo; (confusion) enredo, líotransitive verb1 enredar, enmarañarintransitive verb1 enredarsetangle ['tæŋgəl] v, -gled ; -gling vt: enredar, enmarañartangle vi: enredarsetangle n: enredo m, maraña ftanglen.• embrollo s.m.• enmarañamiento s.m.• enredijo s.m.• enredo s.m.• enredo embrollo s.m.• maraña s.f.• ovillo s.m.v.• enmarañar v.• enredar v.
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1. 'tæŋgəltransitive verb \<\<threads/wool\>\> enredar, enmarañarto get tangled (up) — enredarse
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vi \<\<threads/rope\>\> enredarsePhrasal Verbs:
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nouna) (of threads, hair) enredo m, maraña f, embrollo m; (of weeds, undergrowth) maraña fthe ropes lay in a tangle on the floor — las cuerdas estaban hechas una maraña or un enredo en el suelo
b) (muddle, confusion) lío m, enredo m['tæŋɡl]to get into a tangle — armarse un lío
1.N (in hair) enredo m , maraña f ; [of streets] laberinto m ; (fig) (=muddle) enredo m , lío ma tangle of weeds — una maraña de malas hierbas
a tangle of wool — una maraña de lana
to be in a tangle — [hair, thread] estar enredado
the sheets were in a tangle — las sábanas estaban hechas una maraña
I'm in a tangle with the accounts — me he hecho un lío con las cuentas *
to get into a tangle — [hair, thread] enredarse
I got into a tangle with the police — me metí en un lío con la policía
2.VT (also: tangle up) enredar, enmarañar3.VI (also: tangle up) enredarse, enmarañarseto tangle with sth/sb * — (fig) meterse en algo/con algn
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1. ['tæŋgəl]transitive verb \<\<threads/wool\>\> enredar, enmarañarto get tangled (up) — enredarse
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vi \<\<threads/rope\>\> enredarsePhrasal Verbs:
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nouna) (of threads, hair) enredo m, maraña f, embrollo m; (of weeds, undergrowth) maraña fthe ropes lay in a tangle on the floor — las cuerdas estaban hechas una maraña or un enredo en el suelo
b) (muddle, confusion) lío m, enredo mto get into a tangle — armarse un lío
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
