imbroglio

Meaning

Concepts

fraud
cheat
swindle
hoax
muddle
humbug
trick
deception
cheating
mess
blooper
blunder
con
deceit
dupery
gaffe
guile
hanky-panky
miscue
oversight
scam
tangle
eyewash
imposition
imposture
intrigues
jam
juggle
mendacity
entanglement
trouble
mishmash
diddle
wangle
pickle
ploy
put-on
rig
hokey-pokey
scrape
shenanigans
slipup
slip-up
delusion
swindling
kettle of fish
flimflam
fraudulence
treachery
con game
Synonyms

frode
C1
truffa
C1
inganno
C1
raggiro
39k
pasticcio
C1
🥧
gaffe
38k
fregatura
C2
bidone
C2
🥁
bidonata
buggeratura
baratteria
turlupinatura
impiombatura
inghippo
44k
intrico
inviluppamento
inviluppo
pastocchia
scombussolamento
viluppo
buggerata
inculata
camorra

incoccu

trappoleria

scam

pataccata
bindoleria
combinazione
C1
groviglio
43k
guaio
C1
abbindolamento
aggrovigliamento
avviluppamento
fraudolenza
fregata
C2
garbuglio
groppo
impiccio
26k
Translations

escroquerie
fraude
Betrug
estafa
estafa
frau
fraude
bévue

απάτη

embrouille
Schwindel
Versehen

γκάφα

μπλέξιμο

Fehler
Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
im‧brò‧glio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/imˈbrɔʎ.ʎo/
Etymology

From imbrogliare (“to tangle”), cognate with and probably from an earlier form of French embrouiller (“muddle, embroil”), from em- (“en-”) + brouiller.

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