intertwine

entrelazar

entrelazarse

intertwine(ihn-duhr-twayn)

transitive verb

1. (to join)

a. entrelazar

Derek intertwined the end of one rope with the end of another.

Derek entrelazó el extremo de una cuerda con el extremo de otra.

b. entretejer

The sweaty wrestlers intertwined their bodies trying to pin each other.

Los luchadores sudados entretejieron sus cuerpos, intentando sujetar uno al otro.

intransitive verb

2. (to join)

a. entrelazarse

When our fingers intertwined, I knew we would be together forever.

Cuando nuestros dedos se entrelazaron, supe que estaríamos juntos para siempre.

3.

(figurative)

(to cross)

a. entrecruzarse

We said goodbye, but I knew that one day our paths would intertwine once more.

Nos despedimos, pero sabía que algún día nuestros caminos se volverían a entrecruzar.

intertwine

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. entrelazar

b. entretejer

his fate seemed to be intertwined with herssus destinos parecían estar entrelazados

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intertwine [ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn]

intransitive verb

[+limbs, fingers, plants] entrelazarse; [+fates, destinies] cruzarse; entrecruzarse;

transitive verb

[+limbs, fingers, plants] entrelazar; [+fates, destinies] cruzar; entrecruzar

men whose destinies would be intertwined in the twentieth century how intimately intertwined the economies of Japan and America are

[+interests] interrelacionar

the interests of the two countries are closely intertwined