enajenar

to transfer

to alienate

enajenar(eh-nah-heh-nahr)

transitive verb

1. (legal)

a. to transfer

La anciana decidió enajenar su casa a su hijo antes de morir.

The old woman decided to transfer her house to her son before she died.

b. to dispose of

El juez dictaminó que el defraudador tenía que enajenar sus bienes.

The judge ruled that the fraudster had to dispose of his assets.

c. to alienate

(formal)

(rights, land, property)

Los titulares de tierras otorgadas por el rey tenían el libre derecho de enajenarlas.

The holders of lands granted by the king had a free right to alienate them.

2. (to mentally unbalance)

a. to drive mad

El dolor estaba enajenando a Jaime y tuvo que tomarse varios calmantes.

The pain was driving Jaime mad, so he had to take several painkillers.

3. (to entrance)

a. to enrapture

Cuando el artista reveló su cuadro, su belleza enajenó al público.

When the artist unveiled his painting, the public was enraptured by its beauty.

enajenarse

pronominal verb

4. (to become mentally unbalanced)

a. to go out of one's mind

Cuando se somete a los prisioneros a torturas psicológicas prolongadas, terminan por enajenarse.

If prisoners are subjected to prolonged psychological torture, they eventually go out of their minds.

b. to go mad

Como claustrofóbica, me enajenaría si me quedara encerrada en un ascensor.

As a claustrophobic, I'd go mad if I got trapped in an elevator.

c. to become unhinged

La madre se enajenó cuando le informaron del accidente de su hijo.

The mother became unhinged when she was informed of her son's accident.

5. (to become entranced)

a. to be enraptured

Los amantes del arte se enajenan con la belleza de Florencia.

Art lovers are enraptured by the beauty of Florence.

b. to get carried away

El público se enajenó escuchando su ejecución exquisita del andante.

The audience got carried away listening to her exquisite performance of the andante.

6. (to estrange oneself)

a. to alienate oneself

Con su comportamiento antisocial Marta se enajenó de sus amigos y colegas.

With her antisocial behavior Marta alienated herself from friends and colleagues.

enajenar

transitive verb

1. (volver loco)

a. to drive mad

2. (extasiar)

a. to enrapture

3. (law)

a. to transfer ownership of, to alienate

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enajenar

transitive verb

1 (Jur) [+propiedad] to alienate; transfer; [+derechos] to dispose of

2 (Psicología) (gen) to alienate; estrange; (enloquecer) to drive mad; (extasiar) to enrapture; carry away;

pronominal verb

enajenarse

1

enajenarse algo to deprive o.s. of sth; ha conseguido enajenarse la amistad de todos he has managed to alienate himself from everybody

enajenarse las simpatías

2

enajenarse de los amigos to become estranged from one's friends

3 (extasiarse) to be enraptured; be carried away