What does embrouillé in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word embrouillé in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use embrouillé in French.

The word embrouillé in French means muddled, confused, confusion, muddle, trouble, jumble, muddle, intertwine, muddle, confuse, confuse, muddle, become muddled, become confused, get confused with , get muddled up with , get mixed up with, fall out, fall out with, I smell a rat!, out of sight, out of mind. To learn more, please see the details below.

Listen to pronunciation

Meaning of the word embrouillé

muddled, confused

adjectif (peu clair)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Ces explications embrouillées ne convainquaient personne.

confusion, muddle

nom féminin (situation confuse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
C'est quoi cette embrouille ? Qu'est-ce qui se passe ?
What's all this confusion? What's going on?

trouble

nom féminin (familier (chicane, altercation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette embrouille entre Arthur et Romain est l'éternelle histoire du mari jaloux.
This falling-out between Arthur and Romain is the age-old story of the jealous husband.

jumble, muddle, intertwine

verbe transitif (emmêler, enchevêtrer)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Tous les fils électriques sont embrouillés, appelle l'électricien.
All the electrical cables are intertwined; call the electrician.

muddle, confuse

verbe transitif (rendre obscur, confus)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Tous ces témoignages ne font qu'embrouiller l'affaire.
All these accounts are only serving to muddle the case.

confuse, muddle

verbe transitif (gêner, troubler)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Ces questions insidieuses embrouillent mon client.
These underhand questions are confusing my client.

become muddled, become confused

verbe pronominal (devenir confus)

À mesure que le temps passait, ses idées s’embrouillaient.
As time went on, his ideas became muddled (or: became confused).

get confused with , get muddled up with , get mixed up with

(perdre le fil de ses idées, s'empêtrer)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Je me suis embrouillée dans mes explications.
I got muddled up with my explanations.

fall out

(populaire (avoir un différend) (informal)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
Les deux potes se sont embrouillés pour une histoire débile.
The two pals fell out over something silly.

fall out with

(populaire (avoir un différend avec [qqn]) (informal)

Lucas s'est embrouillé avec un collègue qui lui volait les biscuits qu'il ramenait au boulot.
Lucas fell out with a colleague who stole the biscuits he had brought to work.

I smell a rat!

(familier (le désordre, la tromperie) (colloquial)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Oh là là, cette affaire, ça sent l'embrouille !

out of sight, out of mind

(familier (caractérise une tromperie habile) (hidden)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Mince, j'ai taché son canapé ! Bon, je retourne le coussin et voilà : ni vu, ni connu, j't'embrouille !

Let's learn French

So now that you know more about the meaning of embrouillé in French, you can learn how to use them through selected examples and how to read them. And remember to learn the related words that we suggest. Our website is constantly updating with new words and new examples so you can look up the meanings of other words you don't know in French.

Do you know about French

French (le français) is a Romance language. Like Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, it comes from popular Latin, once used in the Roman Empire. A French-speaking person or country can be called a "Francophone". French is the official language in 29 countries. French is the fourth most spoken native language in the European Union. French ranks third in the EU, after English and German, and is the second most widely taught language after English. The majority of the world's French-speaking population lives in Africa, with about 141 million Africans from 34 countries and territories who can speak French as a first or second language. French is the second most widely spoken language in Canada, after English, and both are official languages at the federal level. It is the first language of 9.5 million people or 29% and the second language of 2.07 million people or 6% of the entire population of Canada. In contrast to other continents, French has no popularity in Asia. Currently, no country in Asia recognizes French as an official language.