What does liar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word liar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use liar in Spanish.

The word liar in Spanish means wrap up, roll, mishandle, mismanage, get involved, get confused, come to blows, start doing, have an affair, get involved with, mess it up, leave home, rolling tobacco. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word liar

wrap up

verbo transitivo (envolver y atar)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Para enviar el paquete, primero debes liarlo.
You'll need to wrap up the parcel first in order to send it.

roll

verbo transitivo (cigarro: envolver)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Mi abuelo trabajaba en la isla liando cigarros.
My grandfather worked on the island rolling cigars.

mishandle, mismanage

verbo transitivo (ES (enredar, complicar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Lo lió de tal manera que no supo cómo resolver el asunto.
He mishandled it so badly that he did not know how to resolve the matter.

get involved

verbo pronominal (ES (enredarse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Los dos se liaron en un negocio bastante oscuro; no sé cómo no los han investigado.
Both of them got involved in a very shady business, I don't know how they're not going to be investigated.

get confused

verbo pronominal (ES (confundirse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Voy a preparar unas fichas para que no nos liemos.
I'm going to prepare some index cards so we don't get confused.

come to blows

(ES (golpes: darse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Los dos defensas se liaron a tortas y fueron expulsados del terreno de juego.
Both defenders came to blows and were sent off the pitch.

start doing

(ES (ponerse a hacer algo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Me lié a estudiar y cuando me di cuenta ya eran las once.
I started studying and before I knew it it was already eleven o'clock.

have an affair

verbo pronominal (ES (tener relación amorosa)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Esos dos se liaron durante el verano.
Those two had an affair over the summer.

get involved with

(ES (en relación amorosa)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Alberto se lió con una muchacha que lo ha vuelto loco.
Albert got involved with a girl who has driven him crazy.

mess it up

locución verbal (ES (armar jaleo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Pablo siempre la lía: no lo invites a la fiesta.
Pablo always messes it up; don't invite him to the party.

leave home

locución verbal (ES, coloquial (casa: irse, marcharse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Después del pleito con sus padres lió su petate.

rolling tobacco

(tabaco suelto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Lucila fuma tabaco de liar porque es más barato.
Lucila smokes rolling tobacco because it's cheaper.

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