embrollar

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/

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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)

  1. (transitive) to muddle, confuse

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading