Editing Imbroglio

==English==

===Etymology===
Attested from 1750 meaning “a jumble”; by 1818, “a complicated misunderstanding, intricate entanglement” (especially of persons or nations).

Borrowed from Italian [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbroglio imbroglio], from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbrogliare imbrogliare] (“to [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/confuse confuse], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tangle tangle]”), from an assimilated form of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in-#English in-] (“into in, on, upon”), from Proto-Indo-European root [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/*en *en] (“in”), + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brogliare brogliare] (“to [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embroil embroil]”), probably from French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brouiller brouiller] (“to [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/confuse confuse]”; compare [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/broil broil] and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embroil embroil]).

===Transliteration===
* Katakana: イムブロウリョウ
* Hangul: 임브로울료

===Noun===
'''imbroglio''' (plural ''imbroglios'' or ''imbrogli'')

# A complicated situation; an entanglement or confusing set of circumstances.
# A complicated & embarrassing state, serious misunderstanding.

===Walkthrough Video===
{{#ev:youtube|gU2qmtkM3vw|400|center|Imbroglio Meaning & Pronunciation}}

===Usage===
Often used to describe political, social, or personal situations that have become tangled, messy, or difficult to resolve.

===Examples===
* The negotiations turned into an imbroglio of conflicting interests.
* What began as a simple misunderstanding quickly escalated into a full-blown imbroglio.
* An imbroglio developed between the representatives of the opposing waifu shippers.

===Related terms===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embroil embroil]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/entanglement entanglement]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/muddle muddle]

===Synonyms===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snarl snarl]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tangle tangle]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mess mess]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/complication complication]

===See also===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbrogliare imbrogliare]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embrouille embrouille]

===References===
* [https://www.etymonline.com/word/imbroglio Etymoline's Origin & History of Imbroglio]

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[[Category:Loanwords from Italian]]