embrouiller
Meanings
Verb
1. to entangle
2. to make mistakes, get confused (while performing a complex task) (figuratively, reflexive)
3. to bamboozle, to confuse (informal)
4. to get in a fight (slang)
Examples23
Il s’était embrouillé dans ses calculs en vérifiant les stocks.
He had gotten his calculations mixed up while confirming the stocks
Tom s'est embrouillé.
Tom got confused.
Ne nous embrouille pas !
Don't get us confused.
Ne nous embrouillez pas !
Don't get us confused.
Je ne voulais pas l'embrouiller.
I didn't mean to confuse him.
N'essaie pas de m'embrouiller.
Don't you try to confuse me.