enlear

Either from Latin illigo, or from en- +‎ lear.

• IPA^(key): /enleˈaɾ/

enlear (first-person singular present enleo, first-person singular preterite enleei, past participle enleado)
enlear (first-person singular present enleio, first-person singular preterite enleei, past participle enleado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to link

   Synonyms: lear, ligar

2. to entangle

   Synonyms: engrellar, enredar, lear

3. (pronominal, informal) to get involved

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enlear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enlear” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
• “enlear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enlear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enlear” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enlear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From en- +‎ lear, from Latin ligo

enlear (first-person singular present enleio, first-person singular preterite enleei, past participle enleado)

1. (transitive) to entangle

   Synonyms: embaraçar, enredar

2. (transitive) to tie
3. (reflexive) to get entangled

• “enlear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “enlear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “enlear” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913