sbrogliare

to untangle, to sort out

verb zbro-LYAH-reh Rare

Usage Note

Sbrogliare means to disentangle something knotted (a rope, a cable) and, very commonly in everyday speech, to sort out a complicated situation: sbrogliare la situazione — to sort out the mess. The reflexive sbrogliarsi means 'to manage on one's own' or 'to get out of a tight spot'. Takes avere in compound tenses.

Examples

"Dobbiamo sbrogliare questa situazione."

Natural Translation

We need to sort out this situation.

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