entornar
 

In this sentence, the verb entornar seems odd to me: Si pensamos que una de las formas que entorna al romanticismo es la enfermedad que lo caracteriza . . .
Would you say that entornar here means "leads to"?
Thanks.

The traditional 'leaves ajar or half-closed' doesn't seem to fit here.

I would say it is more like 'upsets,' as in tilting a pan and causing its contents to spill.
Other options:
disrupts
skews
tilts

I think more..........spoils romanticism...

:twocents:

If I were to translate that, I would say that "entornar" would mean "defines, surrounds" so the meaning would be: "If we think that one of the ways that romanticism is defined, it is the illness that characterizes it"

I agree with Rusty and Elaina. Here's my attempt:

Si pensamos que una de las formas que entorna al romanticismo es la enfermedad que lo caracteriza ...
If we consider that one the themes that plagues Romanticism is the characteristic sickness and disease ...
If we consider that one the underlying themes in Romanticism is the characteristic sickness and disease ...

;)

Edit: I agree with you too gomey. I just didn't see your reply before I wrote mine. :)

Thanks, Rusty. I think that "tilts," as in "tilts toward" is perfect.
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Thanks. In the overall context, which you don't have, the sense is more that of giving an access to, etc. The usual meanings of "entornar" don't fit, and Rusty's "tilts" is good.
Thank you all.

No, it's prose, and the line is not written by me. Your sense of the line differs greatly from mine, from what I can see its words leading to, but I thank you for responding.

The usual "entornar" is Rusty's "'to leave half-closed"
But if you see the sentence
"Si pensamos que una de las formas que entorna al romanticismo es la enfermedad que lo caracteriza . . ."
and you change it to
"Si pensamos que una de las formas que hay entorno al romanticismo es la enfermedad que lo caracteriza . . ."
"entorno" means "enviroment"
from RAE
I'm not really sure if you can say "entorna" as a feminine way of "entorno", but the meaning is sure this, so Gomey was right.
Illness is always surrounding or making ambient to romanticism. The meaning is, that in romanticism is always present illness (like craziness, passion, and so on).

Saludos :D