enredar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ ret (“net”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enredar (first conjugation)

infinitive			enredar
gerund			enredant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enredat		enredada
		plural		enredats		enredades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enredo	enredes	enreda	enredem	enredeu	enreden
	imperfect	enredava	enredaves	enredava	enredàvem	enredàveu	enredaven
	future	enredaré	enredaràs	enredarà	enredarem	enredareu	enredaran
	preterite	enredí	enredares	enredà	enredàrem	enredàreu	enredaren
	conditional	enredaria	enredaries	enredaria	enredaríem	enredaríeu	enredarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enredi	enredis	enredi	enredem	enredeu	enredin
	imperfect	enredés	enredessis	enredés	enredéssim	enredéssiu	enredessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	enreda	enredi	enredem	enredeu	enredin
	negative (no)	—	no enredis	no enredi	no enredem	no enredeu	no enredin

Further reading

• “enredar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “enredar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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)

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. (takes a reflexive pronoun) 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enredar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	enredar
Personal	enredar	enredares	enredar	enredarmos	enredardes	enredaren
Gerund
	enredando
Past participle
Masculine	enredado			enredados
Feminine	enredada			enredadas
Indicative
Present	enredo	enredas	enreda	enredamos	enredades	enredan
Imperfect	enredaba	enredabas	enredaba	enredabamos	enredabades	enredaban
Preterite	enredei	enredaches	enredou	enredamos	enredastes	enredaron
Pluperfect	enredara	enredaras	enredara	enredaramos	enredarades	enredaran
Future	enredarei	enredarás	enredará	enredaremos	enredaredes	enredarán
Conditional	enredaría	enredarías	enredaría	enredariamos	enredariades	enredarían
Subjunctive
Present	enrede	enredes	enrede	enredemos	enrededes	enreden
Imperfect	enredase	enredases	enredase	enredásemos	enredásedes	enredasen
Future	enredar	enredares	enredar	enredarmos	enredardes	enredaren
Imperative
Affirmative		enreda	enrede	enredemos	enredade	enreden
Negative (non)		non enredes	non enrede	non enredemos	non enrededes	non enreden

    Reintegrated conjugation of enredar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	enredar
Personal	enredar	enredares	enredar	enredarmos	enredardes	enredarem
Gerund
	enredando
Past participle
Masculine	enredado			enredados
Feminine	enredada			enredadas
Indicative
Present	enredo	enredas	enreda	enredamos	enredades, enredais	enredam
Imperfect	enredava	enredavas	enredava	enredávamos	enredávades, enredáveis, enredávais1	enredavam
Preterite	enredei	enredaste, enredache1	enredou	enredamos	enredastes	enredárom, enredaram
Pluperfect	enredara	enredaras	enredara	enredáramos	enredárades, enredáreis, enredárais1	enredaram
Future	enredarei	enredarás	enredará	enredaremos	enredaredes, enredareis	enredarám, enredarão
Conditional	enredaria	enredarias	enredaria	enredaríamos	enredaríades, enredaríeis, enredaríais1	enredariam
Subjunctive
Present	enrede	enredes	enrede	enredemos	enrededes, enredeis	enredem
Imperfect	enredasse	enredasses	enredasse	enredássemos	enredássedes, enredásseis	enredassem
Future	enredar	enredares	enredar	enredarmos	enredardes	enredarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enreda	enrede	enredemos	enredade, enredai	enredem
Negative (nom)		nom enredes	nom enrede	nom enredemos	nom enrededes, nom enredeis	nom enredem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• enredo

References

• “enredar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “enredar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “enredar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “enredar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “enredar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ rede (“net”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁeˈda(ʁ)/ [ẽ.heˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁeˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.heˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁeˈda(ʁ)/ [ẽ.heˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁeˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.heˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁeˈda(ɾ)/ [ẽ.heˈda(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁeˈda(ɾ)/ [ĩ.heˈda(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁeˈda(ʁ)/ [ẽ.χeˈda(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁeˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.χeˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁeˈda(ɻ)/ [ẽ.heˈda(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁeˈda(ɻ)/ [ĩ.heˈda(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁɨˈdaɾ/ [ẽ.ʁɨˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁɨˈdaɾ/ [ẽ.ʁɨˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁɨˈda.ɾi/ [ẽ.ʁɨˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: en‧re‧dar

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enredar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	enredar
Personal	enredar	enredares	enredar	enredarmos	enredardes	enredarem
Gerund
	enredando
Past participle
Masculine	enredado			enredados
Feminine	enredada			enredadas
Indicative
Present	enredo	enredas	enreda	enredamos	enredais	enredam
Imperfect	enredava	enredavas	enredava	enredávamos	enredáveis	enredavam
Preterite	enredei	enredaste	enredou	enredamos1, enredámos2	enredastes	enredaram
Pluperfect	enredara	enredaras	enredara	enredáramos	enredáreis	enredaram
Future	enredarei	enredarás	enredará	enredaremos	enredareis	enredarão
Conditional	enredaria	enredarias	enredaria	enredaríamos	enredaríeis	enredariam
Subjunctive
Present	enrede	enredes	enrede	enredemos	enredeis	enredem
Imperfect	enredasse	enredasses	enredasse	enredássemos	enredásseis	enredassem
Future	enredar	enredares	enredar	enredarmos	enredardes	enredarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enreda	enrede	enredemos	enredai	enredem
Negative (não)		não enredes	não enrede	não enredemos	não enredeis	não enredem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Coordinate terms

• (to benet): arpoar, fisgar

Related terms

• enredadeiro
• enredadiço
• enredado
• enredador
• enredamento
• enredo
• rede

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)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enredar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enredar
gerund			enredando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enredado		enredada
		plural		enredados		enredadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enredo	enredastú enredásvos	enreda	enredamos	enredáis	enredan
	imperfect	enredaba	enredabas	enredaba	enredábamos	enredabais	enredaban
	preterite	enredé	enredaste	enredó	enredamos	enredasteis	enredaron
	future	enredaré	enredarás	enredará	enredaremos	enredaréis	enredarán
	conditional	enredaría	enredarías	enredaría	enredaríamos	enredaríais	enredarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enrede	enredestú enredésvos2	enrede	enredemos	enredéis	enreden
	imperfect (ra)	enredara	enredaras	enredara	enredáramos	enredarais	enredaran
	imperfect (se)	enredase	enredases	enredase	enredásemos	enredaseis	enredasen
	future1	enredare	enredares	enredare	enredáremos	enredareis	enredaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enredatú enredávos	enrede	enredemos	enredad	enreden
	negative		no enredes	no enrede	no enredemos	no enredéis	no enreden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of enredar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive enredar
	dative	enredarme	enredarte	enredarle, enredarse	enredarnos	enredaros	enredarles, enredarse
	accusative	enredarme	enredarte	enredarlo, enredarla, enredarse	enredarnos	enredaros	enredarlos, enredarlas, enredarse
with gerund enredando
	dative	enredándome	enredándote	enredándole, enredándose	enredándonos	enredándoos	enredándoles, enredándose
	accusative	enredándome	enredándote	enredándolo, enredándola, enredándose	enredándonos	enredándoos	enredándolos, enredándolas, enredándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enreda
	dative	enrédame	enrédate	enrédale	enrédanos	not used	enrédales
	accusative	enrédame	enrédate	enrédalo, enrédala	enrédanos	not used	enrédalos, enrédalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enredá
	dative	enredame	enredate	enredale	enredanos	not used	enredales
	accusative	enredame	enredate	enredalo, enredala	enredanos	not used	enredalos, enredalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enrede
	dative	enrédeme	not used	enrédele, enrédese	enrédenos	not used	enrédeles
	accusative	enrédeme	not used	enrédelo, enrédela, enrédese	enrédenos	not used	enrédelos, enrédelas
with first-person plural imperative enredemos
	dative	not used	enredémoste	enredémosle	enredémonos	enredémoos	enredémosles
	accusative	not used	enredémoste	enredémoslo, enredémosla	enredémonos	enredémoos	enredémoslos, enredémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enredad
	dative	enredadme	not used	enredadle	enredadnos	enredaos	enredadles
	accusative	enredadme	not used	enredadlo, enredadla	enredadnos	enredaos	enredadlos, enredadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enreden
	dative	enrédenme	not used	enrédenle	enrédennos	not used	enrédenles, enrédense
	accusative	enrédenme	not used	enrédenlo, enrédenla	enrédennos	not used	enrédenlos, enrédenlas, enrédense

Derived terms

• desenredar
• enredamiento
• enredo

 

Further reading

• “enredar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014