desenredar
verb
1. to untangle, to disentangle
remove knots or tangles
Common combinations
- desenredar el pelo — untangle hair
- desenredar un cable — untangle a cable
- desenredar un hilo — untangle a thread
- Mi madre desenredó el hilo.My mother untangled the thread.
- Necesito desenredar el cable.I need to untangle the cable.
- El perro tiene el pelo enredado y hay que desenredarlo.The dog has tangled fur and it needs to be untangled.
2. to sort out, to unravel, to clarify
clarify a complicated matter or situation
Common combinations
- desenredar un caso — sort out a case
- desenredar un problema — sort out a problem
- desenredar una situación — clarify a situation
- El abogado intentó desenredar el caso.The lawyer tried to sort out the case.
- Tenemos que desenredar este problema.We have to sort out this problem.
- La reunión ayudó a desenredar la situación.The meeting helped clarify the situation.
Phrases with this word
desenredar la madeja