enterrar
The word entierran is the present form of enterrar in the third person plural. See the full enterrar conjugation.
enterrar(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to cover with dirt)
2. (to entomb)
a. to bury
Enterraron a su abuelo en un cementerio fuera de la ciudad.They buried their grandfather in a cemetery outside the city.
3. (to survive)
a. to outlive
Después de enterrar a todos sus hermanos, Edith se sintió sola.After outliving all of her siblings, Edith felt lonely.
4. (to conceal)
a. to cover up
El presidente de la empresa enterró su malversación entre facturas legítimas.The company president buried his embezzlement among legitimate invoices.
5. (to put out of mind)
6. (to stab)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
a. to thrust into
Agarró el tenedor y lo enterró en la pechuga de pollo.He grabbed the fork and thrust it into the chicken breast.
enterrarse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
7. (to cloister oneself)
a. to cut oneself off from the world
Después de perder el campeonato, se enterró por seis meses.After losing the championship, he cut himself off from the world for six months.
enterrar
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (cadáver, objeto, tesoro)
a. to bury
2. (olvidar)
a. to forget about
3. (clavar)
a. to sink o drive in
le enterró el puñal en el vientrehe plunged the dagger into his belly
4. (sobrevivir)
a.
enterró a todos sus hermanoshe survived all his brothers
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
5. (fig)
a.
enterrarse en vidato hide oneself away
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| se entierran los muertos en un cementerio | the dead are buried in cemeteries |
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