ensartar
ensartar(
ehn
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sahr
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tahr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
Pasé el día ensartando caracoles en una cortina de macramé.I spent the day stringing seashells on a macramé curtain.
Los niños ensartaron las cuentas en el hilo para hacer un collar.The kids strung the beads on the thread to make a necklace.
b. to thread
Me costó trabajo ensartar el hilo en esa aguja tan pequeña.I had trouble threading the cotton through such a small needle.
a. to reel off
El maestro de literatura ensartaba una cita tras otra de escritores famosos.The literature teacher reeled off quote after quote from famous authors.
b. to trot out (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Andrea no sabe nada, pero siempre que puede ensarta todas sus ideas sobre política.Andrea has no idea, but she trots out all of her political ideas whenever she can.
ensartarse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Te ves cansado.).
3. (colloquial) (to get caught in) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. to get involved
La pareja se ensartó en un fraude y los atraparon.The couple got involved in a fraud and they got caught.
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