What does embrouiller in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word embrouiller in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use embrouiller in French.
The word embrouiller in French means 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. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word embrouiller
jumble, muddle, intertwineverbe 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, confuseverbe 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, muddleverbe 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 confusedverbe 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. |
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