maraña

Definitions of maraña
  1. noun
    a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
    synonyms: alicantina, ardid, artificio, artimaña, astucia, carambola, celada, chanada, martingala, regate, socaliña, sutileza, trepa, treta, zalagarda, zancadilla
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    maniobra
    a move made to gain a tactical end
  2. noun
    something jumbled or confused
    synonyms: complicación, enredo, lío
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    perplejidad
    trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
  3. noun
    a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
    synonyms: amontonamiento, atasco, caravana, embotellamiento, enredo, ensalada, retención, taco, tapón
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    afluencia, apretujón, apretón, estrujón
    a dense crowd of people
  4. noun
    a dense growth of bushes
    synonyms: boscaje, bosquete, broza, floresta, matorral
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    soto
    an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
    cañizal, cañizar
    a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane)
    sotobosque
    the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
    algaida, maleza
    small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
    type of:
    flora, vegetación
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
  5. noun
    a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
    synonyms: jungla, manigua, selva, yungla
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    lugar
    a point or extent in space
  6. noun
    a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
    synonyms: enredo, laberinto
  7. noun
    informal terms for a difficult situation
    synonyms: apretón, apuro, atolladero, brete, compromiso, conflicto, confusión, conserva, desorden, embolismo, embrollo, enredo, estrecho, lío, mareo, pantano, taco
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    dificultad
    a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
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