hacerse un ovillo

Spanish

Verb

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

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

Further reading

• “hacerse alguien un ovillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10