imbrogliare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to tangle, entangle, muddle, confuse
  2. (transitive) to cheat, trick, dupe, diddle, overreach, rip off
  3. (transitive) to sell someone a pup

Concepts

cheat
deceive
trick
tangle
perplex
entangle
muddle
sharp
chisel
diddle
delude
gyp
confuse
swindle
do
dupe

brail up

cozen
impose
mess
mislead
pack
print
puddle
rip off
rook
scam
sell
short-change
take advantage of
wrap
lead on

play a trick on

play tricks

press together

flim-flam

play a joke on

pull a fast one on

addle

cony-catch

bamboozle
betray

be unfaithful

be unfaithful to

bind
complicate
con
cuckold
defraud
disappoint
Synonyms

ingannare
C1
ingarbugliare
truffare
26k
arruffare
aggrovigliare
intricare
scompigliare
confondere
C2
raggirare
38k
barare
C2
circuire
⭕
disordinare
fregare
C1
illudere
38k
imballare
44k
impacchettare
24k
intrappolare
30k
🪤

mettere in disordine

pasticciare
impasticciare
infinocchiare

bbuggera’

inzaccocciasse

joca’

riggira’

’mbroja’

abbacinare
pastrocchiare
beffare
complicare
21k
frodare
fuorviare
stringere
C1
abbagliare
abbindolare
37k
accalappiare
bidonare
Translations

betrügen
engañar
tromper
duper
embrollar
enredar
timar
tricher
enganar
estafar
rouler
embaucar
schummeln
hintergehen
lograr
Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
im‧bro‧glià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/im.broʎˈʎa.re/
Etymology

Probably from Old French broueillier. Compare French embrouiller and Sicilian mprugghiari.

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