embrollar

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Catalan[edit]

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Borrowed from French embrouiller.

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embrollar (first-person singular present embrollo, first-person singular preterite embrollí, past participle embrollat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to muddle, confuse, complicate
  2. (reflexive) to embroil oneself, to get muddled up

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French embrouiller.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /embɾoˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /embɾoˈʎaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /embɾoˈʃaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /embɾoˈʒaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧bro‧llar

Verb[edit]

embrollar (first-person singular present embrollo, first-person singular preterite embrollé, past participle embrollado)

  1. (transitive) to muddle, confuse

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