enlace

From Old French enlacer.

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

enlace (third-person singular simple present enlaces, present participle enlacing, simple past and past participle enlaced)

1. (transitive) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace

   Synonyms: lace, encircle, enfold

   • c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:

     But yet I may ſay ſafely, so many wel lettred
     Embraudred, enlaſid together, and fettred,
     And ſo little learning, ſo lewdly alowed,
     What fault find ye herein but may be avowed?

2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To entangle.

• Celena, canelé, cleane, elance

enlace

1. inflection of enlacer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

enlace m (plural enlaces)

1. link
2. (chemistry) bond

Deverbal from enlaçar (“to entwine”).

enlace m (plural enlaces)

1. intertwining

   Synonym: enlaçamento

2. connection, link

   Synonyms: conexão, ligação

3. (figuratively) marriage

   Synonym: casamento

4. hug

   Synonym: abraço

enlace

1. inflection of enlaçar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /enˈlaθe/ [ẽnˈla.θe] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /enˈlase/ [ẽnˈla.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθe (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ase (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: en‧la‧ce

Deverbal from enlazar.

enlace m (plural enlaces)

1. link, connection
2. bond, relationship
3. union, marriage
4. (chemistry) bond, linkage
5. (military, government) liaison
6. go-between
7. (computing) link, hyperlink

   Synonyms: hiperenlace, hipervínculo, vínculo

enlace

1. inflection of enlazar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “enlace”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024