hacerse un ovillo
Spanish
Verb
hacerse un ovillo (first-person singular present me hago un ovillo, first-person singular preterite me hice un ovillo, past participle hecho un ovillo)
- (idiomatic) to curl up in a ball
- (idiomatic) to tie oneself up in knots
Further reading
- “hacerse alguien un ovillo”, 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