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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/
- (transitive) to muddle, confuse, complicate
- (reflexive) to embroil oneself, to get muddled up
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French embrouiller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /embɾoˈʝaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /embɾoˈʎaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /embɾoˈʃaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /embɾoˈʒaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧bro‧llar
Verb
embrollar (first-person singular present embrollo, first-person singular preterite embrollé, past participle embrollado)
- (transitive) to muddle, confuse
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of embrollar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive embrollar
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dative
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embrollarme
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embrollarte
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embrollarle, embrollarse
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embrollarnos
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embrollaros
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embrollarles, embrollarse
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accusative
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embrollarme
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embrollarte
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embrollarlo, embrollarla, embrollarse
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embrollarnos
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embrollaros
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embrollarlos, embrollarlas, embrollarse
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with gerund embrollando
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dative
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embrollándome
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embrollándote
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embrollándole, embrollándose
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embrollándonos
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embrollándoos
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embrollándoles, embrollándose
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accusative
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embrollándome
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embrollándote
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embrollándolo, embrollándola, embrollándose
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embrollándonos
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embrollándoos
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embrollándolos, embrollándolas, embrollándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative embrolla
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dative
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embróllame
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embróllate
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embróllale
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embróllanos
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not used
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embróllales
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accusative
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embróllame
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embróllate
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embróllalo, embróllala
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embróllanos
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not used
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embróllalos, embróllalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative embrollá
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dative
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embrollame
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embrollate
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embrollale
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embrollanos
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not used
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embrollales
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accusative
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embrollame
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embrollate
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embrollalo, embrollala
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embrollanos
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not used
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embrollalos, embrollalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative embrolle
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dative
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embrólleme
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not used
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embróllele, embróllese
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embróllenos
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not used
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embrólleles
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accusative
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embrólleme
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not used
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embróllelo, embróllela, embróllese
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embróllenos
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not used
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embróllelos, embróllelas
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with first-person plural imperative embrollemos
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dative
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not used
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embrollémoste
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embrollémosle
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embrollémonos
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embrollémoos
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embrollémosles
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accusative
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not used
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embrollémoste
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embrollémoslo, embrollémosla
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embrollémonos
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embrollémoos
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embrollémoslos, embrollémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative embrollad
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dative
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embrolladme
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not used
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embrolladle
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embrolladnos
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embrollaos
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embrolladles
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accusative
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embrolladme
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not used
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embrolladlo, embrolladla
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embrolladnos
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embrollaos
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embrolladlos, embrolladlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative embrollen
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dative
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embróllenme
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not used
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embróllenle
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embróllennos
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not used
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embróllenles, embróllense
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accusative
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embróllenme
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not used
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embróllenlo, embróllenla
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embróllennos
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not used
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embróllenlos, embróllenlas, embróllense
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Derived terms
Further reading