English
Etymology
From en- + snare .
Pronunciation
Verb
ensnare (third-person singular simple present ensnares , present participle ensnaring , simple past and past participle ensnared )
To entrap ; to catch in a snare or trap .
2005 : Plato , Sophist , Translation by Lesley Brown, 250d-e ,
When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?
To entangle ; to enmesh .
2006 , Edwin Black , chapter 1, in Internal Combustion [1] :But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
Translations
To snare, to catch through a snare or trap
Bulgarian: впримчвам (bg) ( vprimčvam )
Czech: chytit do pasti
French: piéger (fr)
German: fangen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: παγιδεύω ( pagideúō )
Hungarian: tőrbe csal
Italian: intrappolare (it)
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Latin: illaqueō
Maori: reti , tāhere , pōtari , āhere , rore , tāwhiti , toromāhanga , raraka , tārore , tari
Portuguese: engodar – v.
Romanian: ademeni (ro) , a prinde în capcană
Russian: поймать (ru) ( pojmatʹ ) (в ловушку (ru) ( lovušku ) )
Scottish Gaelic: rib (gd)
Spanish: atrapar (es)
Swedish: snärja (sv)
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