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entoprocto: entoproct
entorchado: gold braid; victory
entorchar: to make into a torch; to braid
entornar: to leave ajar; to slightly open; to slightly close; to tilt, flip, turn upside down
entorno: surroundings, environment, setting, milieu, atmosphere; entourage
entorpecedor: complicating; blundering; unhelpful
entorpecer: to stupefy, dull, blunt; to make sluggish; to delay, obstruct
entorpecido: slowed, made torpid; befuddled, confused, clouded, deadened; hampered, delayed; jammed, gotten stuck; obstructed
entorpecimiento: obstruction, hindrance; bluntness, dullness
entorrinal: entorhinal
entorsis: first-degree sprain
entortijar: to curl (hair)
entrabar: to lay down obstacles
entrada: entrance; entry, entering, admission, entryway; entry; driveway; ticket
entradero: entrance
entradilla: lede
entrado: after the start of; into; (late) into; (well) into;
entrado en años: elderly; getting on
entrado en carnes: overweight; big-boned
entramado: framework, structure; fabric, framework (of ideas or opinions)
entramar: to make a framework for
entrampamiento: entrapment
entrampar: to entrap
entrante: incoming
entrar: to enter; to come in; to get in; to go in; to get inside; to come on in; to break in; to join; to enter; to start; to access; to log in; to fit
entrar a degüello: to raid with no quarter; to take no prisoners
entrar al trapo: to take the bait
entrar en barrena: to spiral out of control; to go into freefall
entrar en caja: to be healthy
entrar en materia: to get down to business
entrar en quintas: to come of age for military service; to reach the age for call-up
entrar en rigor: to take effect, come into force
entrar en situación: to get into one's role; to get into character
entrar en suerte: to be in the mix; to be in the draw (among the candidates for a winner)
entrar en vigor: to come into force
entrar por un oído y salir por el otro: to go in one ear and out the other
entrarle los siete males: to cause someone to fret; to drive (someone) nuts
entraña: bowel; bowels (seat of emotions); gut, essence, core
entrañable: warm, loving, close, intimate; deep (of a relationship); endearing, charming (personality)
entrañablemente: deeply, sincerely
entrañar: to involve, to entail, to contain; to imply, to pose, to give rise, to carry (especially risks, difficulties, responsibilities)
entre: between; among, amongst, from; divided by; as one of, as part of; within, inside
entre Escila y Caribdis: between Scylla and Charybdis; between a rock and a hard place
entre algodones: very carefully, as if wrapped in cotton wool
entre bambalinas: synonym of entre bastidores
entre bobos anda el juego: they're well-suited; they're both as bad as the other
entre bomberos no se pisan la manguera: there is honor among thieves
entre bromas y veras: half-jokingly
entre comillas: quote unquote; I quote; air quote
entre dos aguas: on the fence
entre dos fuegos: in the crossfire; between Scylla and Charybdis
entre dos luces: at dawn; at dusk; tipsy
entre el montón: a dime a dozen
entre gitanos no nos leemos la mano: synonym of entre gitanos no nos leemos las cartas
entre gitanos no nos leemos la suerte: synonym of entre gitanos no nos leemos las cartas
entre gitanos no nos leemos las cartas: used to indicate that one who knows well somebody's tricks and cannot be fooled easily
entre horas: between meals
entre la espada y la pared: back to the wall, between a rock and a hard place, between Scylla and Charybdis, caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, be on the horns of a dilemma
entre la vida y la muerte: at death's door
entre las calles: taking a longer route, usually driving through residential areas to avoid busy avenues