embroil

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈbrɔɪl/, SAMPA: /Im"brOIl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪəl, -ɔɪl

Verb

embroil (third-person singular simple present embroils, present participle embroiling, simple past and past participle embroiled)

1. To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.

   Avoid him. He will embroil you in his fights.

Translations

to draw into a situation

Bulgarian: забърквам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 使捲入 (zh), 使卷入 (zh) (shǐ juànrù), 牽連 (zh), 牵连 (zh) (qiānlián) Czech: zatáhnout (cs) Finnish: sotkea (fi) French: embourber (fr)

German: verwickeln (de) Japanese: 巻き込む (ja) (まきこむ, makikomu) Polish: uwikłać się (pl) Russian: впутывать (ru) (vpútyvat') impf., впутать (ru) (vpútat') pf., втягивать (ru) (vtjágivat') impf., втянуть (ru) (vtjanút') pf.