entortiller

entortiller [ɑ̃tɔʀtije]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. [+ ruban] to twist

   b. ( = enjôler) (inf) to get round ; ( = embrouiller) to mix up ; ( = duper) (inf) to hoodwink (inf)

2. reflexive verb

► s'entortiller [liane] to twist

• s'entortiller dans les couvertures to get tangled up in the blankets

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ɑ̃tɔʀtije
1.

verbe transitif

1) (pour entourer) to wind (autour de quelque chose round [BrE] something)

2) (emmêler) to tangle up

3) (colloq) fig (embrouiller) to muddle up [explications]

4) (colloq) fig (embobiner) to get round [BrE] [somebody], to win [somebody] over GB

se faire entortiller — to let oneself be won over

2.

s'entortiller verbe pronominal

1) (s'emmêler) [fils, laine] to get entangled (dans in)

2) (s'enrouler) [plante] to twist

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ɑ̃tɔʀtije vt

1) (= enrouler)

entortiller qch autour de — to twist sth around, to wind sth around

entortiller qch dans — to wind sth up in

2) (= envelopper) to wrap sth in

entortiller qch avec — to wrap sth with

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entortiller qn (= enjôler) — to get around sb, (= embobiner) to hoodwink sb Grande-Bretagne to trick sb

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entortiller verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 (pour entourer) to wind [ficelle, bande] (autour de qch round^GB sth);

2 (emmêler) to tangle up [fils]; les fils étaient tout entortillés the wires were all tangled up;

3 ○fig (embrouiller) to muddle up [phrases, explications]; il nous a donné une version plutôt entortillée de l'affaire he gave us a rather muddled account of the affair;

4 ○fig (embobiner) to get round^GB [sb], to win [sb] over GB; se faire entortiller to let oneself be won over.

B s'entortiller vpr

1 (s'emmêler) [fils, laine] to get entangled (dans in);

2 (s'enrouler) [plante] to twist (autour de round^GB);

3 ○fig (s'embrouiller) to get caught up (dans in).

[ɑ̃tɔrtije] verbe transitif

1. [enrouler - ruban, mouchoir] to twist, to wrap

2. [compliquer]

être entortillé to be convoluted

3. (familier) [tromper] to hoodwink, to con

se faire entortiller to be taken in

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s'entortiller verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [s'enrouler - lierre] to twist, to wind

2. [être empêtré] to get caught ou tangled up

s'entortiller dans ses explications to get tangled up in one's explanations