hacerse un ovillo

Spanish

Verb

hacer se un ovillo (first-person singular present me hago un ovillo, first-person singular preterite me hice un ovillo, past participle hecho un ovillo)

(idiomatic) to curl up in a ball
(idiomatic) to tie oneself up in knots

Further reading

“hacerse alguien un ovillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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