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).]

(im-BROL-yoh)

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

Etymology
Italian, from Old Italian, from imbrogliare, to tangle, confuse : in- + brogliare, to mix, stir, probably from Old French brooiller, brouiller.

Usage
"Leasing would have helped Serbs and ethnic Albanians out of the Kosovo imbroglio. Both sides demanded exclusive control over the province, and Western negotiators could convince neither to back down." — James Ron and Alexander Cooley, Suppose Israel Leased the Jordan Valley From the Palestinians, International Herald Tribune, Jul 8, 2000.

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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.

Imbroglio

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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