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French

Etymology

From en- +‎ brouiller.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁu.je/
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Verb

embrouiller

  1. to entangle
    Synonym: emberlificoter
  2. (figuratively, reflexive) to make mistakes, get confused (while performing a complex task)
    Synonyms: se prendre les pieds dans le tapis, s'emmêler les crayons, s'emmêler les pinceaux
    Hypernym: se tromper
    Il s’était embrouillé dans ses calculs en vérifiant les stocks. ― He had gotten his calculations mixed up while confirming the stocks
  3. (informal) to bamboozle, to confuse
  4. (slang) to get in a fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of embrouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple embrouiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple embrouillant
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle embrouillé
/ɑ̃.bʁu.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present embrouille
/ɑ̃.bʁuj/ 		embrouilles
/ɑ̃.bʁuj/ 		embrouille
/ɑ̃.bʁuj/ 		embrouillons
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jɔ̃/ 		embrouillez
/ɑ̃.bʁu.je/ 		embrouillent
/ɑ̃.bʁuj/
imperfect embrouillais
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jɛ/ 		embrouillais
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jɛ/ 		embrouillait
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jɛ/ 		embrouillions
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.jɔ̃/ 		embrouilliez
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.je/ 		embrouillaient
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jɛ/
past historic2 embrouillai
/ɑ̃.bʁu.je/ 		embrouillas
/ɑ̃.bʁu.ja/ 		embrouilla
/ɑ̃.bʁu.ja/ 		embrouillâmes
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jam/ 		embrouillâtes
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jat/ 		embrouillèrent
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jɛʁ/
future embrouillerai
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁe/ 		embrouilleras
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁa/ 		embrouillera
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁa/ 		embrouillerons
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ 		embrouillerez
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁe/ 		embrouilleront
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional embrouillerais
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁɛ/ 		embrouillerais
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁɛ/ 		embrouillerait
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁɛ/ 		embrouillerions
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		embrouilleriez
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jə.ʁje/ 		embrouilleraient
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present embrouille
/ɑ̃.bʁuj/ 		embrouilles
/ɑ̃.bʁuj/ 		embrouille
/ɑ̃.bʁuj/ 		embrouillions
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.jɔ̃/ 		embrouilliez
/ɑ̃.bʁuj.je/ 		embrouillent
/ɑ̃.bʁuj/
imperfect2 embrouillasse
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jas/ 		embrouillasses
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jas/ 		embrouillât
/ɑ̃.bʁu.ja/ 		embrouillassions
/ɑ̃.bʁu.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		embrouillassiez
/ɑ̃.bʁu.ja.sje/ 		embrouillassent
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — embrouille
/ɑ̃.bʁuj/ 		— embrouillons
/ɑ̃.bʁu.jɔ̃/ 		embrouillez
/ɑ̃.bʁu.je/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: embrollar
  • → English: embroil
  • → Spanish: embrollar

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