embrollo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- humbug noun Nonsense, deception, or something meant to trick or mislead people.
- imbroglio noun A complicated situation; an entanglement.
- jam noun A sweet spread made by boiling fruit with sugar until it thickens.
- problem noun A difficult situation or matter that needs to be solved or dealt with.
- rigmarole noun A long and complicated formal procedure.
- trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.
Senses
embrollo is used for these senses in English:
- humbug (countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
- imbroglio A complicated situation; an entanglement.
- jam (countable) A difficult situation.
- problem A puzzling circumstance.
- rigmarole A long and complicated formal procedure.
- trouble A distressing or dangerous situation.
- tsuris (US, colloquial, Jewish English) Problems or troubles.
humbug — full definition
- noun Nonsense, deception, or something meant to trick or mislead people.
- noun A hard, striped mint candy, especially popular in Britain.