enredar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From en- + ret (“net”) + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ən.rəˈða]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [en.reˈðaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [en.reˈða]
=== Verb ===
enredar (first-person singular present enredo, first-person singular preterite enredí, past participle enredat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/
(transitive) to entangle (twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated)
(figurative, transitive) to embroil (to draw into a situation)
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“enredar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“enredar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“enredar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “enredar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
en- (“in”) + rede (“net”) + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /enreˈðaɾ/
=== Verb ===
enredar (first-person singular present enredo, first-person singular preterite enredei, past participle enredado)
(transitive) to entangle (twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated)
Synonyms: embrollar, enmarañar, ensarillar
(transitive) to waste somebody's time
Non te quero enredar... ― I don't want to waste your time...
(pronominal) to get entangled
Synonyms: embrollar, enmarañar, ensarillar
(intransitive) to take time
(intransitive) to chat or procrastinate; to waste time
Synonyms: laretar, parolar, perder o tempo
(intransitive, of children) to play
Synonym: xogar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
enredo
=== References ===
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enredar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“enredar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enredar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“enredar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enredar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From en- + rede (“net”) + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: en‧re‧dar
=== Verb ===
enredar (first-person singular present enredo, first-person singular preterite enredei, past participle enredado)
to benet (to catch in a net)
to entangle (twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated)
Synonyms: emaranhar, embaraçar, enrascar
Antonyms: desemaranhar, desembaraçar, desenredar, desenrascar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Coordinate terms ====
(to benet): arpoar, fisgar
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“enredar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“enredar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From en- + red (“net”) + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /enreˈdaɾ/ [ẽn.reˈð̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: en‧re‧dar
=== Verb ===
enredar (first-person singular present enredo, first-person singular preterite enredé, past participle enredado)
to entangle, to tangle
to confuse
to embroil
(reflexive) to get tangled up, to become entangled
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“enredar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025