intricar

Alternative forms

• intrincar

Etymology

15th century. From Latin intricare.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intɾiˈkaɾ/

Verb

intricar (first-person singular present intrico, first-person singular preterite intricei, past participle intricado)

1. (transitive) to tangle, embroil
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 141:

     et dos ditos poos deuen vsar nos llugarres neruossos et jntrincados de veas et darterias porque se deuen cauidar de fazer en taes lugares talladuras nen queimaduras a nehua gisa

     and the aforementioned powders must be used in the [horse's] parts with nerves and entangled with veins and arteries, because one must refrain from cutting and burning those place in any way

2. (transitive, figuratively) to obfuscate, confuse

References

• “jntrincado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “entricar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “intricar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Verb

intricar (first-person singular present intrico, first-person singular preterite intriqué, past participle intricado)

1. Alternative form of intrincar