tejer

to knit

tejer(teh-hehr)

transitive verb

1. (to sew with yarn)

a. to knit (with two needles)

Las medias que llevo puestas me las tejió mi madrina.

My godmother knitted the socks I'm wearing.

Mi abuela tejió un suéter para la bebé.

My grandma knitted a sweater for the baby.

b. to crochet (with one needle)

Mi hija me tejió una bufanda hermosa.

My daughter crocheted me a beautiful scarf.

c. to weave

Las indígenas de Panajachel tejen unas telas hermosas.

The indigenous women of Panajachel weave beautiful fabric.

2. (to weave a web)

a. to spin

Una araña enorme debió haber tejido esa telaraña.

A huge spider must have spun that spider web.

3. (to plot)

a. to hatch (figurative)

Algo está tejiendo ese grupito y seguramente no es nada bueno.

That little group is hatching something, and it surely isn't anything good.

intransitive verb

4. (to sew with yarn)

a. to knit (with two needles)

A mi mamá le gusta tejer, pero mi papá prefiere coser.

My mom likes to knit, but my dad prefers to sew.

b. to crochet (with one needle)

¿Sabes tejer? - No, pero tengo muchas ganas de aprender.

Do you know how to crochet? - No, but I really want to learn.

c. to weave

Me gusta escuchar música mientras tejo.

I like to listen to music while I weave.

tejer

transitive verb

1. (hilos, mimbre)

a. to weave

2. (labor de punto)

a. to knit

3. (telaraña)

a. to spin

4. (labrar; porvenir)

a. to carve out

5. (ruina)

a. to bring about

6. (tramar)

a.

tejer un planto forge a plot

intransitive verb

7. (hacer punto)

a. to knit

8. (fig)

a.

tejer y destejerto chop and change

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tejer

transitive verb

1 [+tela] to weave; [+tela de araña] to spin; make; [+capullo] to spin

tejido a mano hand-woven

2 (hacer punto) to knit; (hacer ganchillo) to crochet; (coser) to sew

tejido a mano hand-knitted

3 [+complot] to hatch; [+plan] to devise; [+mentira] to fabricate; [+cambio etc] to bring about little by little

intransitive verb

1 (en telar) to weave

tejer y destejer to chop and change; do and undo; (EEUU)

2 (hacer punto) to knit; (hacer ganchillo) to crochet; (coser) to sew