envolver

Definitions of envolver
  1. verb
    secure with or as if with ropes
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    type of:
    aguantar, sostener, sostenerse, sujetar
    to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
  2. verb
    wrap in swaddling clothes
    synonyms: fajar
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    type of:
    amarrar, atar, sujetar
    make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
  3. verb
    wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
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    type of:
    asegurar, fijar
    cause to be firmly attached
  4. verb
    provide with a binding
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    type of:
    cubrir, recubrir
    provide with a covering or cause to be covered
  5. verb
    gather or cause to gather into a cluster
    synonyms: agrupar, empaquetar
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    types:
    aglomerarse
    form into one cluster
  6. verb
    make into a bundle
    synonyms: agrupar, empaquetar
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    type of:
    empacar, empaquetar, encajonar
    arrange in a container
  7. verb
    form into a wreath
    synonyms: enrollar, entrelazar, trenzar
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    type of:
    concatenar, enlazar, entrelazar, entrelazarse, entretejer
    spin,wind, or twist together
  8. verb
    arrange or or coil around
    synonyms: arrollar, cercar, circundar, enrollar, girar, rodear
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    devanar
    wind onto a spool or a reel
    desenrollar, enrollar
    wind onto or off a reel
    aovillar, ovillar
    form into a ball by winding or rolling
    enrollar, enrollarse, enroscar, enroscarse
    wind around something in coils or loops
    type of:
    desplazar, mover
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
  9. verb
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
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    types:
    enfundar, envainar
    enclose with a sheath
    amortajar
    cover as if with a shroud
    type of:
    cubrir, recubrir
    provide with a covering or cause to be covered
  10. verb
    cover as if with a shroud
    synonyms: amortajar
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