How do you say “imbroglio” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say barrassarié, bourboui, bourroulado, catenat, caviho, emboui. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | barrassarié, bourboui, bourroulado, catenat, caviho, emboui, machi-machè, pelau |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
barrassarié
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | imbroglio |
bourboui
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | imbroglio; borborygmus; quagmire; chaos; mess; muddle |
bourroulado
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | imbroglio; jumble |
catenat
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | imbroglio |
caviho
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | ankle; imbroglio |
| Feminine | -co |
emboui
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | traffic jam, complication, imbroglio; muddle; entanglement |
machi-machè
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | gibberish; imbroglio |
| Variants | machi-maché |
pelau
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | imbroglio; pilaf |