apelmazarse

to get matted

apelmazarse(ah-pehl-mah-sahr-seh)

pronominal verb

1. (to become entangled)

a. to get matted

Como no se te iba a apelmazar el pelo después de tantos días sin bañarte.

Your hair was obviously going to get matted after so many days without taking a shower.

2. (to become compacted)

a. to go stodgy

Nos comimos el arroz aunque se había apelmazado.

We ate the rice although it had gone stodgy.

b. to go lumpy

Si no lo mezclas bien, el pastel puede apelmazarse.

If you don't mix it well, the cake may go lumpy.

apelmazar

transitive verb

3. (to tangle)

a. to matt

Marina apelmazó el pelo de su hija con tanto gel.

Marina matted her daughter's hair with so much gel.

4. (to make compact)

a. to make stodgy

Vas a apelmazar el arroz si le sigues echando agua.

You're going to make the rice stodgy if you keep adding water to it.

b. to make lumpy

Creo que apelmacé el pastel porque le puse demasiada harina.

I may have made the cake lumpy for putting too much flour in it.