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There were holes in his memory, blanks spaces carved by the tangle of emotions that had had him palming the knife and lunging forward, but he remembered enough.
Había huecos en su memoria, espacios en blanco esculpidos por la maraña de emociones que le habían hecho empuñar el cuchillo y lanzarse hacia adelante, pero recordaba lo suficiente.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
The city seemed baked beneath the hot blue sky, the light-colored buildings reflected the sun's strength. He watched a tangle of cars in an intersection maneuvering like so many aggressive bugs on the earth.
La ciudad parecía asarse bajo el cálido cielo azul, y los edificios reflejaban la intensidad del sol; en una intersección, vio una maraña de coches que maniobraban como agresivas orugas en la tierra.
Katzenbach, John / Just CauseKatzenbach, John / Juicio Final
Juicio Final
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
© Ediciones B, S. A., 2006
Just Cause
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
The wizard dropped the skull into the tangle of bones at his feet.
El hechicero dejó caer el cráneo en la maraña de huesos a sus pies.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
Within the tangle of leather and shells, there was a flash of lavender, and he weeded through the pile to get to it.
Entre la maraña de cuero y concha, vio un destello de lavanda, y escarbó entre la pila para llegar a él.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
By now, Phury was an old pro at the cutting, and after he’d worked the shears’ magic, he tossed another green tangle to the tarp that lay on the ground at his feet.
A esa altura, Phury era un curtido profesional del podado, y después de haber obrado la magia de las tijeras, tiró otra maraña de verde a la lona que estaba tendida sobre la tierra a sus pies.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
Her hair was a tangled mess, her eyes red, her face tear-stained, her trench coat unevenly buttoned.
Tenía el pelo alborotado, los ojos rojos, la cara manchada de lágrimas, la trinchera mal abrochada.
Kava, Alex / A Perfect EvilKava, Alex / Bajo Sospecha
Bajo Sospecha
Kava, Alex
A Perfect Evil
Kava, Alex
© S.M. Kava 2000
Ivy tangled around them, consuming them more thickly each year, the leaves obscuring more and more of what the sculptor’s hand had wanted to show.
La hiedra se enroscaba alrededor de éstas, consumiéndolas más y más cada año, las hojas oscurecían cada vez más lo que la mano del escultor había deseado mostrar.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
Her hair cascaded wildly around her shoulders in a tangled mess, and her blank eyes were open, but fixed ahead.
El cabello le caía sobre los hombros, despeinado y enredado, y tenía los ojos abiertos, con la mirada vacía.
Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del Loco
La Historia del Loco
Katzenbach, John
The Madman's Tale
Katzenbach, John
© 2004 by John Katzenbach
"I'll wager that at night, deep after midnight, in the complete dark of her room back there in Boston, lying alone in her bed, the sheets all tangled and sweaty, Miss Jones has nightmares about each one of those mutilations and what they might mean."
– Apostaría que, bien entrada la noche, en la oscuridad de su habitación en Boston, sola en la cama, con las sábanas enredadas y sudadas, la señorita Jones tiene pesadillas sobre cada una de esas mutilaciones y lo que podrían significar.
Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del Loco
La Historia del Loco
Katzenbach, John
The Madman's Tale
Katzenbach, John
© 2004 by John Katzenbach
Tangled clumps of reds and whites, yellows, blues, and greens all twisted together haphazardly through the muddy quadrant of the hospital grounds edge.
Flores rojas, blancas, amarillas y azules enroscadas entre sí al azar ocupaban los parterres situados en un extremo de los terrenos del hospital.
Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del Loco
La Historia del Loco
Katzenbach, John
The Madman's Tale
Katzenbach, John
© 2004 by John Katzenbach

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Word forms

tangle

verb
Basic forms
Pasttangled
Imperativetangle
Present Participle (Participle I)tangling
Past Participle (Participle II)tangled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I tanglewe tangle
you tangleyou tangle
he/she/it tanglesthey tangle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am tanglingwe are tangling
you are tanglingyou are tangling
he/she/it is tanglingthey are tangling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have tangledwe have tangled
you have tangledyou have tangled
he/she/it has tangledthey have tangled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been tanglingwe have been tangling
you have been tanglingyou have been tangling
he/she/it has been tanglingthey have been tangling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I tangledwe tangled
you tangledyou tangled
he/she/it tangledthey tangled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was tanglingwe were tangling
you were tanglingyou were tangling
he/she/it was tanglingthey were tangling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had tangledwe had tangled
you had tangledyou had tangled
he/she/it had tangledthey had tangled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been tanglingwe had been tangling
you had been tanglingyou had been tangling
he/she/it had been tanglingthey had been tangling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will tanglewe shall/will tangle
you will tangleyou will tangle
he/she/it will tanglethey will tangle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be tanglingwe shall/will be tangling
you will be tanglingyou will be tangling
he/she/it will be tanglingthey will be tangling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have tangledwe shall/will have tangled
you will have tangledyou will have tangled
he/she/it will have tangledthey will have tangled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been tanglingwe shall/will have been tangling
you will have been tanglingyou will have been tangling
he/she/it will have been tanglingthey will have been tangling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would tanglewe should/would tangle
you would tangleyou would tangle
he/she/it would tanglethey would tangle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be tanglingwe should/would be tangling
you would be tanglingyou would be tangling
he/she/it would be tanglingthey would be tangling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have tangledwe should/would have tangled
you would have tangledyou would have tangled
he/she/it would have tangledthey would have tangled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been tanglingwe should/would have been tangling
you would have been tanglingyou would have been tangling
he/she/it would have been tanglingthey would have been tangling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am tangledwe are tangled
you are tangledyou are tangled
he/she/it is tangledthey are tangled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being tangledwe are being tangled
you are being tangledyou are being tangled
he/she/it is being tangledthey are being tangled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been tangledwe have been tangled
you have been tangledyou have been tangled
he/she/it has been tangledthey have been tangled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was tangledwe were tangled
you were tangledyou were tangled
he/she/it was tangledthey were tangled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being tangledwe were being tangled
you were being tangledyou were being tangled
he/she/it was being tangledthey were being tangled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been tangledwe had been tangled
you had been tangledyou had been tangled
he/she/it had been tangledthey had been tangled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be tangledwe shall/will be tangled
you will be tangledyou will be tangled
he/she/it will be tangledthey will be tangled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been tangledwe shall/will have been tangled
you will have been tangledyou will have been tangled
he/she/it will have been tangledthey will have been tangled

tangle

noun
SingularPlural
Common casetangletangles
Possessive casetangle'stangles'