embroil

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈbrɔɪl/, X-SAMPA: /Im"brOIl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪəl, -ɔɪl

Etymology

Cognate with French embrouiller

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) (zabǎrkvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使捲入 (cmn), 使卷入 (cmn) (shǐ juànrù), 牽連 (cmn), 牵连 (cmn) (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.