garbuglio

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Italian

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Etymology

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Probably a deverbal from garbugliare (to disturb, confuse), from bugliare (to agitate), from northern dialect boglire (to heat up, boil).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡarˈbuʎ.ʎo/
  • Rhymes: -uʎʎo
  • Hyphenation: gar‧bù‧glio

Noun

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garbuglio m (plural garbugli)

  1. tangle
  2. muddle, mess

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: garbuix

References

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  1. ^ grabuge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

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  • garbuglio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana