verb/ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/
to wrap around, to twist around, to envelop; to win over, to persuade especially with tricks; to muddle up (one's explanation); to get tangled up, to get entangled
From a Vulgar Latin root *intortiliāre, from Latin tortilis (“twisted, coiled”). See also Old French entort as the past participle of entordre. Compare Catalan entortellar, Spanish entortijar, Italian intortigliare, Friulian intorteâ, cf. also Romanian întortochea.