enredo

See also: enredó

Catalan

Verb

enredo

1. first-person singular present indicative of enredar

Galician

Verb

enredo

1. first-person singular present indicative of enredar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from enredar (“to entangle”).

Alternative forms

• enrêdo (superseded)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʁe.du/ [ẽˈhe.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʁe.du/ [ĩˈhe.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʁe.du/ [ẽˈhe.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʁe.du/ [ĩˈhe.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʁe.du/ [ẽˈχe.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʁe.du/ [ĩˈχe.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʁe.do/ [ẽˈhe.do], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʁe.do/ [ĩˈhe.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʁe.du/ [ẽˈʁe.ðu]

• Hyphenation: en‧re‧do

Noun

enredo m (plural enredos)

1. (narratology) plot (the course of a story)

   Synonym: trama

   • 2016 November 28, Andrea Cunha Freitas, “Mais de mil histórias lidas e há apenas seis formas básicas de as escrever?”, in Público‎^[1]:

     “Enquanto o enredo capta a mecânica da narrativa e a estrutura permite que se concretize, neste trabalho analisámos o arco emocional que é invocado pelas palavras usadas”, explicam.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. mess; confusion

   Synonym: confusão

3. intrigue

   Synonym: intriga

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʁɛ.du/ [ẽˈhɛ.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʁɛ.du/ [ĩˈhɛ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʁɛ.du/ [ẽˈhɛ.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʁɛ.du/ [ĩˈhɛ.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʁɛ.du/ [ẽˈχɛ.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʁɛ.du/ [ĩˈχɛ.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʁɛ.do/ [ẽˈhɛ.do], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʁɛ.do/ [ĩˈhɛ.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʁɛ.du/ [ẽˈʁɛ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: en‧re‧do

Verb

enredo

1. first-person singular present indicative of enredar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈredo/ [ẽnˈre.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: en‧re‧do

Etymology 1

Deverbal from enredar.

Noun

enredo m (plural enredos)

1. confusion, chaos

   Synonyms: embrollo, embuste, lío, follón, trapisonda

2. machination
3. wrap, skirt

Derived terms

• comedia de enredo
• enredoso

 

Etymology 2

Verb

enredo

1. first-person singular present indicative of enredar

Further reading

• “enredo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16