embroil

[US]/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
[UK]/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. isali sa isang salungatan o kahirapan; itapon sa kaguluhan
Word Forms
Present Participleembroiling
Past Tenseembroiled
Third Person Singularembroils
Past Participleembroiled
Pluralembroils

Phrases & Collocations

embroil in controversy

mapasama sa kontrobersya

embroil in conflict

mapasama sa alitan

Example Sentences

be embroiled in a quarrel

mapadpad sa isang pagtatalo

They embroiled Peter in their quarrel.

Napa-involve nila si Peter sa kanilang pagtatalo.

she became embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew.

Napa-involve siya sa isang hindi pagkakasundo sa pagitan ng dalawang babae na halos hindi niya kilala.

the film's about a journalist who becomes embroiled with a nightclub owner.

Tungkol sa isang mamamahayag na napa-involve sa isang may-ari ng nightclub ang pelikula.

the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics.

Napa-involve ang kasaysayan ng agham sa mga relihiyosong polemika.

I didn't want to become embroiled in yet another discussion of office politics and personalities.

Ayaw kong mapasama pa sa isa pang talakayan tungkol sa pulitika at personalidad sa opisina.

They become embroiled in a despicable warlord's efforts to bring the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) back to life so he can reawaken his army and unify China.

Nagsasangkot sila sa kasuklam-suklam na mga pagsisikap ng isang warlord upang buhayin muli ang Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) upang maibalik niya ang kanyang hukbo at mapag-isa ang Tsina.

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