ravel

[US]/ˈrævl/
[UK]/ˈrævl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. hacer más complicado; hacer más desordenado
n. enredo; complejidad
Word Forms
Pasadoravelled
Participio pasadoravelled
Tercera persona singularravels
Gerundioravelling
Pluralravels

Phrases & Collocations

ravel yarn

hilvanar hilo

ravel fabric

desenrollar tela

ravel relationship

desenrollar relación

ravel out

desenrollar

Example Sentences

a lovely yellow ravel of sunflowers.

un encantador ovillo amarillo de girasoles.

ravel (out) a rope's end

Desenredar el extremo de una cuerda

The difficulty will soon ravel out.

La dificultad pronto se desatará.

The floor was littered with ravel(l)ings.

El suelo estaba esparcido con cabellos.

T raveler: Thank you for your explanation.

T raveler: Gracias por su explicación.

Ravel comes from the obsolete Dutch verb ravelen, “to tangle, fray out, unweave,” which comes in turn from the noun ravel, “a loose thread.

Ravel proviene del verbo holandés obsoleto ravelen, “enredar, deshilachar, deshilvanar”, que a su vez proviene del sustantivo ravel, “un hilo suelto”.

the original first manuscript for Ravel's Bolero goes on the block today.

El manuscrito original y primero para el Bolero de Ravel sale a la venta hoy.

The fetial policy, credit standing, experience and the fetial philosophy of China are the assets to ravel out the common proplems of the world.

La política de fertilidad, el historial crediticio, la experiencia y la filosofía de fertilidad de China son los activos para desenredar los problemas comunes del mundo.

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