tangled in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for tangled in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.tangle [Am ˈtæŋɡəl, Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l] N

1. tangle:

tangle (of threads, hair)

enredo m

tangle (of threads, hair)

maraña f

tangle (of threads, hair)

embrollo m

tangle (of weeds, undergrowth)

maraña f

tangle (of streets)

laberinto m

tangle (of streets)

embrollo m

I tried to comb the tangles out of my hair

traté de desenredarme el pelo

the ropes lay in a tangle on the floor

las cuerdas estaban hechas una maraña or un enredo en el suelo

how did your hair get into such a tangle?

¿cómo se te ha enredado tanto el pelo?

2. tangle (muddle, confusion):

tangle

lío m

tangle

enredo m

to get into a tangle

armarse un lío

I'm in such a tangle with these forms

tengo un enredo con estos formularios

I'm in such a tangle with these forms

tengo un lío con estos formularios inf

the tangle of bureaucracy

la maraña burocrática

3. tangle (dispute):

tangle inf

lío m

tangle inf

follón m Spain inf

II.tangle [Am ˈtæŋɡəl, Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l] VB trans

1. tangle threads/wool:

tangle

enredar

tangle

enmarañar

the bird had tangled itself in the net

el pájaro se había enredado en la red

to get tangled

enredarse

my hair got tangled

se me enredó el pelo

2. tangle (muddle, confuse):

tangle usu pass

enredar

the situation has become even more tangled

las cosas están todavía más enredadas

a tangled affair

un asunto enredado or complicado

III.tangle [Am ˈtæŋɡəl, Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l] VB intr

tangle threads/rope:

tangle

enredarse

tangle up VB [Am ˈtæŋɡəl -, Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

1. tangle up threads/wool:

tangle up

enredar

tangle up

enmarañar

the bird had tangled itself up in the net

el pájaro se había enredado en la red

to get tangled up

enredarse

my hair got tangled up

se me enredó el pelo

2. tangle up (confuse):

he got terribly tangled up trying to explain himself

se hizo un enredo tratando de explicarse

he got terribly tangled up trying to explain himself

se hizo un lío tratando de explicarse inf

3. tangle up (involve, embroil) usu pass:

to get tangled up in sth

verse implicado en algo

tangle with VB [Am ˈtæŋɡəl -, Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l -] (v + prep + o) inf

he's dangerous: I wouldn't tangle with him!

es peligroso, yo que tú no me metería con él

having tangled with him before, I trod warily

como ya había lidiado con él, me anduve con pie de plomo

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enmarañado (enmarañada)

tangled

tienes el pelo todo enmarañado

your hair's all tangled o in a tangle

greñudo (greñuda) pelo

tangled

enmarañar

to tangle

enmarañarse

to get tangled

maraña

tangle

un ovillo hecho una maraña

a tangled ball of wool

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

el argumento es una maraña de personajes y relaciones

the plot is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationships

enredado (enredada) lana/cuerda

tangled

enredado (enredada) pelo

tangled

la lana está toda enredada

the wool is all tangled o tangled up

rebujo (de pelos, hilos)

tangle

intrincado (intrincada)

tangled

tangled in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tangled in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.tangle [ˈtæŋgl] N

1. tangle in hair, string:

tangle

maraña f

2. tangle fig (confusion):

tangle

enredo m

II.tangle [ˈtæŋgl] VB trans

tangle

enredar

III.tangle [ˈtæŋgl] VB intr

tangle

enredarse

tangle with VB intr (quarrel)

tangle with

meterse con

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greñudo (-a)

tangled

revoltoso (-a)

tangled

ovillo fig

tangle

hacerse un ovillo (enredarse)

to get tangled up

hacerse un ovillo (al hablar)

to get all tangled up

revuelto (-a)

tangled

intrincar (hilos)

to tangle

laberinto

tangle

maraña de cabello

tangle of hair

maraña de hilo

tangle of threads

embrollarse

to get tangled up

tangled Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I can't manage with this tangle of leads

no me entiendo con este lío de cables

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is a tangled provenance, and perhaps even for him easier to stylise than to explain.

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Most live in scrubland and frequently hunt food by clambering through thick tangled growth or pursuing it on the ground.

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She is described as very small and lightly built, elfin-faced, with sun-tanned skin and wild, tangled black hair (dark green in the anime).

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And it's not a little white lie, but a big, complicated, tangled web of deception.

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A tangled mass soon built up to 20 ft thick that was to be the kindling for the great fire that leveled the townsite.

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A breeches buoy was then sent out but became tangled and snarled.

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She falls into a stupor on the bed, with the telephone cord tangled around her neck.

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Also, if you must use an extension cable, make sure it is a good quality one; not old, worn and tangled.

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Over the past few years, for unfortunate reasons, both nations have become increasingly tangled in the war on drugs.

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It favours thick undergrowth with brambles, dense shrubs and tangled vegetation in swampy places and near water.

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