embrollo

See also: embrolló

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /emˈbɾoʝo/ [ẽmˈbɾo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /emˈbɾoʝo/ [ẽmˈbɾo.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /emˈbɾoʎo/ [ẽmˈbɾo.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /emˈbɾoʃo/ [ẽmˈbɾo.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /emˈbɾoʒo/ [ẽmˈbɾo.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo

• Syllabification: em‧bro‧llo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from embrollar.

Noun

embrollo m (plural embrollos)

1. huddle, mess

   Synonyms: confusión, enredo, follón, lío, maraña

2. lie

   Synonyms: mentira, embuste, grupo

3. trouble, hassle

   Synonyms: confusión, follón, lío, problema

Related terms

• desembrollar
• embrollar
• embrollista
• embrollón

 

Etymology 2

Verb

embrollo

1. first-person singular present indicative of embrollar

Further reading

• “embrollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014