garbuglio

Italian

Etymology

Probably a deverbal from garbugliare (“to disturb, confuse”), from bugliare (“to agitate”), from northern dialect boglire (“to heat up, boil”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡarˈbuʎ.ʎo/
  • Rhymes: -uʎʎo
  • Hyphenation: gar‧bù‧glio

Noun

garbuglio m (plural garbugli)

  1. tangle
  2. muddle, mess

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: garbuix

References

  1. ^ “grabuge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

  • garbuglio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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