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enrollar / to roll up
enrollar
A. -transitive verb
1. (=liar)
[+papel, persiana, filete] to roll (up)
[+cuerda, cable] (en nouní mismo) to coil (up) (alrededor de algo) to wind (up)
2. (Spain) **
(=atraer)
·esa tía me enrolla mucho
I'masculine really into that girl *
·a masculineí la droga no me enrolla nada
·drugs don't do anything for me, I'masculine not into drugs *
3. (Spain) **
(=enredar)
·no me enrolles masculineánoun, así no me vas a convencer
don't give me that, you're not going to convince me *
a. enrollar a somebody, someone [en] algo = to get somebody involved in something
·no dejes que te enrolle en sus movidas
·don't let him get you involved in his dealings
B.
-pronominal verb
1. (=liarse)
[papel] to roll up
[cuerda, cable] (en nouní mismo) to coil up (alrededor de algo) to wind up
·el cable se le enrolló en la pierna
·the cable wound (itself) o got wound around his leg
2. (Spain) **
(=extenderse demasiado) (al hablar) to go on * (sin decir nada) to waffle on *
·no veas como se enrolla en las cartas
he certainly goes on a bit in his letters *
·nos enrollamos hablando hasta muy tarde
·we were chattering away till very late
·por favor, no te enrolles, que tenemos prisa
·please, don't get talking, we've got to hurry
·creo que me he enrollado demasiado en el examen
I think I waffled too much in the exam *
a. enrollarse [con] algo
·si os enrolláis con el feminineútbol, será mejor que me vaya
·if you get onto football, I'masculine going to leave
b. enrollarse como una persiana to go on and on
3. (Spain) **
(=ser simpático)
·venga, enróllate y échanos una mano
come on, be a sport and give us a hand *
a. enrollarse [bien] = to be cool **
·el camarero se enrolló muy bien y nos puso una copa gratis
the waiter was really nice to us o really cool ** and gave us a free drink
b. enrollarse [mal] = to be uncool **
·tu madre se enrolla fatal
your mum is so uncool **
4. (Spain) **
[dos personas]
(=tener una relaciónoun sexual) to have it off **, make out United States United States
(=empezar una relaciónoun amorosa) to get off (together) *, get it on (together) United States United States
a. enrollarse [con] somebody, someone
(=tener una relaciónoun sexual) to have it off with somebody **
(=empezar una relaciónoun amorosa) to get off with somebody *
5. (Spain) **
(=involucrarse)
a. enrollarse [en] algo = to get into something *, get involved in something
·se enrolló en el mundo del cine
he got into * o got involved in the movie world
6. (Venezuela) *
(=confundirse) to get mixed up
(=preocuparse) to get worked up *
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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