enredar

From en- +‎ ret (“net”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.rəˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.reˈðaɾ]

enredar (first-person singular present enredo, first-person singular preterite enredí, past participle enredat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to entangle (twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated)
2. (figurative, transitive) to embroil (to draw into a situation)

• “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, 2025
• “enredar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “enredar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

en- (“in”) +‎ rede (“net”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enreˈðaɾ/

enredar (first-person singular present enredo, first-person singular preterite enredei, past participle enredado)

1. (transitive) to entangle (twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated)

   Synonyms: embrollar, enmarañar, ensarillar

2. (transitive) to waste somebody's time

   Non te quero enredar... ― I don't want to waste your time...

3. (pronominal) to get entangled

   Synonyms: embrollar, enmarañar, ensarillar

4. (intransitive) to take time
5. (intransitive) to chat or procrastinate; to waste time

   Synonyms: laretar, parolar, perder o tempo

6. (intransitive, of children) to play

   Synonym: xogar

• enredo

• 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, 2012–2025
• 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 (2014).
• 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

From en- +‎ rede (“net”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: en‧re‧dar

enredar (first-person singular present enredo, first-person singular preterite enredei, past participle enredado)

1. to benet (to catch in a net)
2. to entangle (twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated)

   Synonyms: emaranhar, embaraçar, enrascar

   Antonyms: desemaranhar, desembaraçar, desenredar, desenrascar

• (to benet): arpoar, fisgar

From en- +‎ red (“net”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enreˈdaɾ/ [ẽn.reˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧re‧dar

enredar (first-person singular present enredo, first-person singular preterite enredé, past participle enredado)

1. to entangle, to tangle
2. to confuse
3. to embroil
4. (reflexive) to get tangled up, to become entangled

• “enredar”, 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