entubar

to put tubes into

to pipe

entubar(ehn-too-bahr)

transitive verb

1. (medicine)

a. to put tubes into

Casi no podía mirar mientras los médicos entubaban a mi padre para tratar de salvarle la vida.

I could barely watch as the doctors were putting tubes into my father to try to save his life.

b. to intubate

El paciente no podía respirar, así que los médicos le tuvieron que entubar.

The patient could not breathe, so the doctors had to intubate him.

2. (to channel)

a. to pipe

Se tardaron varias semanas e hicieron falta cientos de operarios para entubar el río y desviarlo de las zonas inundables.

It took several weeks and hundreds of workers to pipe the river away from the flood areas.