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embrollar
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French embrouiller.
Pronunciation
Verb
embrollar (first-person singular present embrollo, first-person singular preterite embrollí, past participle embrollat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to muddle, confuse, complicate
- (reflexive) to embroil oneself, to get muddled up
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “embrollar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French embrouiller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /embɾoˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /embɾoˈʎaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /embɾoˈʃaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /embɾoˈʒaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧bro‧llar
Verb
embrollar (first-person singular present embrollo, first-person singular preterite embrollé, past participle embrollado)
- (transitive) to muddle, confuse
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
- desembrollar
- embrolla
- embrollador
- embrollo
- embrollón
Further reading
- “embrollar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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