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

			===Walkthrough Video===
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	===Usage===		===Usage===

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References

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

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

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

			===References===
			* [https://www.etymonline.com/word/imbroglio Imbroglio]

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Synonyms

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

	===See also===		===See also===

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Etymology

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	Attested from 1750 meaning “a jumble”; by 1818, “a complicated misunderstanding, intricate entanglement” (especially of persons or nations).		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-] (~~“[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/into into], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/~~in ~~in]~~, ~~[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/on~~ on], ~~[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upon 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]).		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===		===Transliteration===

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	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	Attested from 1750 meaning “a ~~[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jumble jumble]”~~; by 1818, “a ~~[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/~~complicated ~~complicated] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/~~misunderstanding ~~misunderstanding]~~, ~~[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intricate~~ intricate~~] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/entanglement entanglement]”~~ (especially of persons or nations).		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-] (“[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/into into], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in in], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/on on], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upon 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]).		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-] (“[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/into into], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in in], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/on on], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upon 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]).

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	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	Borrowed from Italian [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbroglio imbroglio] ~~(“tangle, entanglement, muddle”)~~, from ''imbrogliare'' (“to ~~tangle”~~), ~~related to French~~ [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/~~embrouiller embrouiller~~] (~~“to muddle~~, ~~confuse”~~), from ~~prefix ''~~en-/~~em-''~~ (“to ~~cause”~~) ~~+ ''~~brouiller'' (“to ~~mix up, confuse”~~).		Attested from 1750 meaning “a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jumble jumble]”; by 1818, “a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/complicated complicated] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misunderstanding misunderstanding], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intricate intricate] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/entanglement 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-] (“[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/into into], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in in], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/on on], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upon 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===		===Transliteration===

MorMythos: Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== Borrowed from Italian [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbroglio imbroglio] (“tangle, entanglement, muddle”), from ''imbrogliare'' (“to tangle”), related to French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embrouiller embrouiller] (“to muddle, confuse”), from prefix ''en-/em-'' (“to cause”) + ''brouiller'' (“to mix up, confuse”). ===Transliteration=== * Katakana: イムブロウリョウ * Hangul: 임브로울료 ===Noun=== '''imbr..."

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Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== Borrowed from Italian [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbroglio imbroglio] (“tangle, entanglement, muddle”), from ''imbrogliare'' (“to tangle”), related to French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embrouiller embrouiller] (“to muddle, confuse”), from prefix ''en-/em-'' (“to cause”) + ''brouiller'' (“to mix up, confuse”). ===Transliteration=== * Katakana: イムブロウリョウ * Hangul: 임브로울료 ===Noun=== '''imbr..."

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==English==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from Italian [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbroglio imbroglio] (“tangle, entanglement, muddle”), from ''imbrogliare'' (“to tangle”), related to French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embrouiller embrouiller] (“to muddle, confuse”), from prefix ''en-/em-'' (“to cause”) + ''brouiller'' (“to mix up, confuse”).

===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.

===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===
* snarl
* tangle
* mess
* complication

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

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