imbroglio

n., pl. -glios.

1. 1. A difficult or intricate situation; an entanglement.
   2. A confused or complicated disagreement.
2. A confused heap; a tangle.

[Italian, from Old Italian, from imbrogliare, to tangle, confuse : in-, in (from Latin; see in–²) + brogliare, to mix, stir (probably from Old French brooiller, brouiller; see broil²).]

n

Definition: misunderstanding; fight
Antonyms: agreement, peacemaking

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(It.)

Term for a scene of confusion in an Italian 18th-century opera buffa, typically an act finale where everyone is singing in some degree of agitation, matched by complexity in the music.

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IN BRIEF: A confused mass; An acutely painful or embarrassing or misleading situation.

The small town was caught up in an imbroglio over missing funds.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - indviklet situation, forvikling, kaos, virvar, roderi

Nederlands (Dutch)
consternatie, lastige situatie, warrige stapel

Français (French)
n. - imbroglio

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verwicklungen, Wirrwarr

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπέρδεμα, μπερδεψιά, ανακατωσούρα, σύγχυση

Italiano (Italian)
imbroglio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - confusão (f)

Русский (Russian)
запутанная ситуация

Español (Spanish)
n. - embrollo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tilltrasslad hop, förvirring, (allvarligt) missförstånd, härva, förveckling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
纷乱, 纷扰, 纠葛

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 紛亂, 紛擾, 糾葛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (연극의) 복잡한 줄거리, 뒤얽힘, 분규

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 複雑な筋, もつれ, 紛糾

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كومه, وضع معقد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תסבוכת, אי-הבנה, ערימה לא-מסודרת‬

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