entrañar

to entail, to involve

verb ehn-trah-NYAHR Rare

Origin: From entraña (entrail, core), suggesting something held deep within.

Usage Note

Entrañar means to carry within itself or to necessarily involve something, often a risk or difficulty: entrañar un riesgo (to entail a risk). It is a formal-register verb rarely heard in casual conversation. The related noun entraña (entrail, innermost part) helps learners remember the sense of something deep or inherent being implied.

Examples

"El proyecto entrañaba grandes dificultades técnicas."

Natural Translation

The project entailed great technical difficulties.

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