entrenched

en·trench  (n-trnch) also in·trench (n-)

v. en·trenched also in·trenched, en·trench·ing also in·trench·ing, en·trench·es also in·trench·es

v.tr.

1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending.

2. To fix firmly or securely: "Today managed care plans are entrenched in the economy, enrolling 61 percent of the population" (Peter T. Kilborn).

v.intr.

1. To dig or occupy a trench.

2. To encroach, infringe, or trespass.

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en·trenchment n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	entrenched - dug in invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"
	2.	entrenched - established firmly and securely; "the entrenched power of the nobility" constituted, established - brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church"

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entrenched intrenched

adjective fixed, set, firm, rooted, well-established, ingrained, deep-seated, deep-rooted, indelible, unshakable, ineradicable Japan's entrenched business practices

Translations

entrenched [ɪnˈtrentʃt] ADJ

1. (pej) (= established) [idea, belief, attitude] → arraigado; [position, power] → afianzado
deeply entrenched [idea, belief, attitude] → profundamente arraigado; [position, power] → firmemente afianzado
to be entrenched in the belief/view that → mantener obcecadamente la creencia/opinión de que ...
he's too entrenched in the past → está demasiado anclado en el pasado

2. (Mil) → atrincherado

entrenched [ɪnˈtrɛntʃt] adj [ideas, positions] → arrêté(e); [interests] → bien établi(e)
strongly entrenched → fermement enraciné(e)

entrenched

adj

(= established) position → unbeugsam; ideas → festgefügt; belief, attitude → fest verwurzelt; interests → etabliert; power, bureaucracy → etabliert, festgesetzt; behaviour, person → inflexibel; deeply entrenched beliefs/prejudices → tief verwurzelte Überzeugungen/Vorurteile pl; to be/become entrenched in something (word, custom) → sich in etw (dat) → eingebürgert haben/einbürgern; (idea, prejudice) → sich in etw (dat) → festgesetzt haben/festsetzen; (belief) → in etw (dat) → verwurzelt sein/sich in etw (dat) → verwurzeln; you’re too entrenched in the past → Sie sind zu sehr in der Vergangenheit verhaftet

(Mil) → eingegraben, verschanzt; to take up entrenched positions → sich verschanzen

entrenched [ɪnˈtrɛntʃt] adj (Mil) → trincerato/a (fig) → radicato/a

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entrenched [ɪnˈtrɛntʃt] adj (Mil) → trincerato/a (fig) → radicato/a