mess-up

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
mess-up n informal (mistake, blunder)equivocación nf
  error nm
 There was a mess-up with our hotel booking and we had to find somewhere else to stay.
 Hubo una equivocación con nuestra reserva del hotel y tuvimos que encontrar otro lugar donde quedarnos.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
mess [sth] up,
mess up [sth] vtr phrasal sep		 (make untidy)desordenar⇒ vtr
  revolver⇒ vtr
  (informal)hacer lío loc verb
 The wind messed up the neat piles of papers, scattering them all over the room.
 El viento desordenó la pila de papeles, esparciéndolos por toda la habitación.
mess [sth] up,
mess up [sth] vtr phrasal sep		 figurative, informal (spoil, botch)estropear algo, arruinar algo vtr
  echar a perder algo loc verb
 This is important, so try not to mess it up.
 Esto es importante, así que trata de no estropearlo.
mess up vi phrasal figurative, slang (make serious mistake)echar a perder loc verb
 This is your last chance, so don't mess up!
 Es tu última oportunidad, ¡no la eches a perder!
  arruinar⇒ vtr
 Es tu última oportunidad, ¡no la arruines!
  (vulgar)cagarla loc verb
  (informal)meter la pata loc verb
 Es tu última oportunidad: ¡no la cagues!
mess [sb] up,
mess up [sb] vtr phrasal sep		 figurative, slang (cause emotional problems)dañar a vtr + prep
  (vulgar)joder a, cagar a vtr + prep
 The death of Charlotte's boyfriend really messed her up.
 A Charlotte de verdad la dañó la muerte de su novio.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
mess up [sb]'s hair,
mess [sb]'s hair up v expr		 informal (make [sb]'s hair untidy)despeinar⇒ vtr
  alborotar el cabello, alborotar el pelo loc verb
 Don't mess up my hair - I've only just come from the hairdressers!
 No me despeines, ¡recién vengo de la peluquería!
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'mess-up' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
disorder - disturb - stuff up
Spanish:
cagar - cantar - chapucear - chingarla - dar al traste - desacondicionar - desarreglar - desbarajustar - descabellar - descompaginar - desconcertar - desemparejar - desgreñar - deshacer - desmadrar - desmelenar - desmesurar - desordenar - despeinar - despelotar - despelucar - echar a perder - embarrar - embarullar - enredar - escabechar - escoñar - espeluznar - fallar - fregar - guarrear - hacer leña - hacer picha - joder - machetear - malmeter - merengar - meter la gamba - perder el eje - pifiar - pringarla - putear - revolver - trabucar


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