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embrouille

muddle, mess

noun ahm-broo-EE Rare

Also means

scam, shady deal

Usage Note

Embrouille is informal/colloquial for a tangle, mix-up, or dodgy scheme (il y a une embrouille — there's a mix-up). The verb embrouiller means to confuse or tangle, and s'embrouiller means to get confused. Common in familiar speech and urban slang; avoid in formal writing.

Examples

"Il y a une embrouille dans les comptes."

Natural Translation

There is a mess in the accounts.

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