Polyglot Dictionary

enmarañar

/enmaɾaˈɲaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
enmaraño
preterite (yo)
enmarañé
past participle
enmarañado

Meaning

  1. to tangle

    • Enmarañó los hilos.

      He tangled the threads.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

enredar

enmarañar and enredar are close synonyms for "to tangle," literally hair or thread, or figuratively a situation, interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

emaranhar

emaranhar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to tangle."

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