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enovelar.

to wind into a ball, to coil

8 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/e.no.veˈla(ʁ)/Brazil[e.no.veˈla(h)]Brazil/e.no.veˈla(ɾ)/São-Paulo/e.no.veˈla(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. to wind into a ball, to coil

    transitive

  2. to tangle, to snarl

    reflexive · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Portuguese novelo Portuguese -ar Portuguese enovelar From en- + novelo (“ball of thread”) + -ar.

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