embrouiller

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ brouiller.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁu.je/
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Verb

embrouiller

  1. to entangle
    Synonym: emberlificoter
  2. (informal) to bamboozle, to confuse
  3. (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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants
  • → Catalan: embrollar
  • → Catalan: embroil
  • → Spanish: embrollar

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