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Italian
Etymology
Probably from Old French broueillier. Compare French embrouiller and Sicilian mprugghiari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.broʎˈʎa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: im‧bro‧glià‧re
Verb
imbrogliàre (first-person singular present imbròglio, first-person singular past historic imbrogliài, past participle imbrogliàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to tangle, entangle, muddle, confuse
- Synonyms: aggrovigliare, arruffare, avviluppare, confondere, ingarbugliare
- to cheat, trick, dupe, diddle, overreach, rip off
- Synonyms: ingannare, truffare
1971, Fabrizio de Andrè (lyrics and music), “Un blasfemo”, in Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo:Perché dissi che Dio imbrogliò il primo uomo / Lo costrinse a viaggiare una vita da scemo- Because I said that God tricked the first man / He forced him to go through life like a fool
- to sell someone a pup
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References
- ^ imbrogliare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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