embroil

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɹɔɪl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛm-/
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• General-American: /əmˈbɹɔɪl/
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• General-American: /ɛm-/
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• rhymes with -ɔɪl
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 M B R OY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *h1én The verb is borrowed from French embrouiller (“to entangle”), from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in; into’)) + brouiller (“to confuse, mix up”) (ultimately from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre, from *brodicāre, from Late Latin brodium (“broth, stew; mixture”), from Frankish *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“stock, broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrewh1- (“to boil; to brew”)). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Italian imbrogliare * Spanish embrollar

From em- (a variant of en- (intensifying prefix)) + broil (“to expose to great heat; (obsolete) to burn”) (from Late Middle English broilen, brulen (“to burn; to scorch, singe; (cooking) to broil, grill”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Old French bruler, bruillir, brusler (“to burn”) (modern French brûler), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bherw-, *bhrew- (“to boil; to brew”)).

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَرَّطَ (warraṭa) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Bulgarian: забърквам (zabǎrkvam) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Catalan: embolicar — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Catalan: embrancar — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Catalan: enjoncar — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Catalan: enredar — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Chinese Mandarin: 牽連 /牵连 (qiānlián) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Chinese Mandarin: 使捲入 /使卷入 (shǐ juànrù) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Czech: zaplést — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Czech: zatáhnout — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Finnish: sotkea — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• French: embourber — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Galician: enredar — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Galician: envolver — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• German: hineinziehen — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• German: verwickeln — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Hungarian: belekever — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Hungarian: belesodor — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Italian: coinvolgere — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Japanese: 巻き込む (makikomu) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Macedonian: во́влече (vóvleče) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Macedonian: вме́ша (vméša) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Macedonian: за́плетка (zápletka) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Māori: whakahīrau — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Persian: گرفتار کردن (gereftâr kardan) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Polish: uwikłać się — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Portuguese: envolver — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Russian: впу́тывать (vpútyvatʹ) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Russian: впу́тать (vpútatʹ) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Russian: втя́гивать (vtjágivatʹ) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Russian: втяну́ть (vtjanútʹ) — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Spanish: enredar — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Spanish: entrometer — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention
• Spanish: involucrar — to cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention