imbroglio

Etymology
Borrowed from (, alternative form of  + ; see also ), cognate with and probably from an earlier form of  (, a form of  + ).

Noun

 * 1) A complicated situation; an entanglement.
 * 2) * 2013, Frances Whiting, chapter 19, in Walking on Trampolines, Sydney, N.S.W.: Pan Macmillan Australia, ISBN 978-1-74261-120-4 ; trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, February 2015, ISBN 978-1-4767-8001-6 page 207:
 * I could have phoned you with all this, Tallulah, but knowing you as I have over the years, when you and I have both been a party to some of Duncan's little imbroglios, I thought I should talk to you in person.
 * 1) * 2013, Frances Whiting, chapter 19, in Walking on Trampolines, Sydney, N.S.W.: Pan Macmillan Australia, ISBN 978-1-74261-120-4 ; trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, February 2015, ISBN 978-1-4767-8001-6 page 207:
 * I could have phoned you with all this, Tallulah, but knowing you as I have over the years, when you and I have both been a party to some of Duncan's little imbroglios, I thought I should talk to you in person.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cíor thuathail, gírle guairle
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From, from , cognate with and probably from an earlier form of , from +. .

Noun

 * 1) a complicated situation; an entanglement

Etymology 1
From, cognate with and probably from an earlier form of , from +.

Noun

 * 1) tangle, entanglement, muddle, scrape
 * 2) cheat, swindle, trick, diddle, fraud
 * 1) cheat, swindle, trick, diddle, fraud

Etymology
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