Envueltas in english
Wrapped
pronunciation: ræpt part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: ræpt part of speech: adjective
In gestures
envolver = wrap ; envelop ; shroud ; wrap + Nombre + up (in) ; enshroud ; enfold ; mantle ; wreathe ; cocoon ; swaddle.
Example: In some cases the real question that needs to be answered may indeed turn out to be, as Winston Churchill once said of Russia, 'a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'.Example: Her eyes swept the room and then enveloped him in an icy glare.Example: Often the needs of the disabled are shrouded by misconceptions such as that they are forced to lead a poor quality of life.Example: Finally, the type faces were inspected for defects, and the sort was wrapped up in a packet for delivery.Example: Come, sweet slumber, enshroud me in thy purple cloak.Example: And the colors, especially early morning and late evening, surround you, enfold you, with their ever-shifting shades.Example: And so some buildings may remain mantled in ivy like treasured artefacts covered in sheets in some great mansion.Example: The city, too, was wreathed in the same indigo mist that hovered around the entire planet, only the mist here was much more prevalent.Example: I hear the wind howling outside the window and feel so safe and cocooned here on my couch -- what bliss!.Example: Swaddling infants with the hips and knees in an extended position may increase the risk of hip dysplasia and dislocation.more:
» envolver en llamas = engulf in + flames .
Example: In less than 30 seconds, a small flame can grow into a major fire, filling a house with smoke and engulfing it in flames.» envolver en misterio = shroud in + mystery ; enshroud in + mystery .
Example: She is keeping New York abuzz by shrouding the launch of 'Talk,' her new magazine, in mystery. Example: Enshrouded in mystery and legend, with roots older than Egypt, this secret fraternity has continued to exist down through the centuries.» papel de envolver = wrapping paper .
Example: Eventually the solution was found in long rectangular see-through plastic containers used for storing Christmas wrapping paper.» papel de envolver regalos = gift wrapping paper .
Example: No waste: save used gift wrapping paper and reuse it next year.» sin envolver = unwrapped .
Example: This sector covers all bread sales both in the wrapped and the unwrapped sector.envuelto = wrapped.
Example: This sector covers all bread sales both in the wrapped and the unwrapped sector.more:
» envuelto en = mired in ; caught up in .
Example: The reference service, once mired in maturity and close to decline, has been rejuvenated, especially by technology. Example: Once there, however, the three men abandon themselves to an orgy of slaughter, so caught up in killing buffalo that they lose all sense of time.» envuelto en una bandera = flag-draped .
Example: Eight years ago, he stood before the flag-draped coffin of his friend and sparring partner Sen. Edward Kennedy, who had succumbed to the same disease he is now fighting.» verse envuelto en = become + involved in ; get + entangled in/with .
Example: If the searcher approaches the index as a conventional index he is liable to become involved in extensive scanning of the many entries under each heading in order to discriminate between relevant and less relevant documents. Example: He got the axe after getting entangled in an expense account scandal tied to sexual harassment allegations.