Meaning
to cheat, to trick
- to deceive or swindle someone, especially in games, business, or exams
- to tangle, muddle, or entangle something
In a sentence
Non provare a imbrogliare durante l'esame di matematica!
Don't try to cheat during the math exam!
Quel commerciante disonesto ha imbrogliato molti turisti.
That dishonest merchant cheated many tourists.
Il filo della lana si è imbrogliato tutto.
The ball of yarn got completely tangled up.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| imbrogliare | infinitive |
| imbroglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbrogli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbroglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrogliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbrogliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrogliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbrogliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbrogliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbrogliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrogliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbrogliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrogliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbrogliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| imbrogliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| imbrogliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrogliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| imbrogliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrogliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| imbroglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| imbroglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| imbroglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| imbroglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| imbroglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| imbroglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| imbrogli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbrogli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbrogli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrogliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbrogliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbroglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbrogliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbrogliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbrogliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrogliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbrogliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrogliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbroglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbroglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbroglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbroglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbrogliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbroglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbroglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| imbrogliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| imbrogliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrogliando | gerund |
| imbrogliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Can be used transitively ('imbrogliare qualcuno') or intransitively with 'al gioco' ('to cheat at games').