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embrouiller

/ɑ̃.bʁu.je/

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verb/ɑ̃.bʁu.je/

to entangle; to make mistakes, get confused (while performing a complex task); to bamboozle, to confuse; to get in a fight

Il s’était embrouillé dans ses calculs en vérifiant les stocks.He had gotten his calculations mixed up while confirming the stocks

Synonyms: emberlificoter, se prendre les pieds dans le tapis, s'emmêler les crayons, s'emmêler les pinceaux

From en- + brouiller.