involucrar

/imboluˈkɾaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to involve

🌯 in + volucrar: Latin involucrum, a wrapper — to wrap someone into a matter

From Latin involvere, to roll into, the same root as English involve. Involucrar keeps the extra -cr- from involucrum (a wrapping or envelope). To involve someone is to wrap them up in the affair.

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