imbrogliare
Italian (Fiorentino)
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to tangle, entangle, muddle, confuse
- (transitive) to cheat, trick, dupe, diddle, overreach, rip off
- (transitive) to sell someone a pup
Etymology
Derived from Old French broueillier.
Origin
Old French
broueillier
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- embroil English
- imbroglio Italian
- imbroglione Italian
- rimbrogliare Italian
- brouiller French
- embrouiller French
- embrollar Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰrewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- broueillier Old French