muddle

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmʌdəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmʌdəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mudl)

Inflections of 'muddle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
muddles
v 3rd person singular
muddling
v pres p
muddled
v past
muddled
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
muddle n (objects: mess)lío, desorden nm
  (ES)follón nm
  revoltijo nm
 Who's responsible for this muddle of clothes on the floor?
 ¿Quién es responsable de este lío de ropa en el piso?
muddle n figurative (confused situation)lío nm
  embrollo nm
 Tax laws in this country are a muddle.
 Las leyes fiscales de este país son un lío.
muddle [sth] vtr (objects: mix up, jumble)desordenar vtr
  hacer un lío loc verb
 Someone's muddled the records so I can't make sense of them.
 Alguien desordenó todas las anotaciones y no puedo entenderlas.
muddle [sth] with [sth] vtr figurative (ideas: confuse, mix up) (ideas)confundir vtr
  liar vtr
 You've muddled your evidence: no-one can follow you any more.
 Has confundido toda tu evidencia, ya nadie puede seguirte.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
muddle on,
muddle along
vi phrasal
informal (continue without guidance)andar errando loc verb
  (AR)andar confundido, andar sin saber qué hacer loc verb
  (figurado)andar perdido loc verb
muddle through vi phrasal informal (improvise) (figurado)salir del paso expr
 One of the team members is absent today. We'll just have to muddle through without her.
 Una de las jugadoras faltó. Vamos a tener que salir del paso sin ella.
  (coloquial)arreglarse v prnl
 Una de las jugadoras faltó. Vamos a tener que arreglárnosla sin ella.
  (coloquial)apañarse v prnl
 Una de las jugadoras faltó. Vamos a tener que apañárnosla sin ella.
muddle through [sth] vtr phrasal insep informal (accomplish by improvisation) (coloquial)arreglárselas v prnl
  salir del paso expr
 Having had no time to revise, Jackie muddled through the exam.
 Como no había tenido tiempo para revisar, Jackie se las tuvo que arreglar en el examen.
  hacer algo impromptu loc verb
  (ES, informal)hacer algo a salto de mata expr
  (AR, informal)pilotear vi
muddle [sth] up vtr phrasal sep UK, informal (mix things up)revolver, descolocar vtr
muddle [sth] up vtr phrasal sep UK, informal, figurative (ideas: confuse, mix up) (ideas)confundir vtr
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
in a muddle adv figurative, informal (confused, in disorder) (confusión)lío, jaleo nm
 No, the party's not this Friday - you've got your dates in a muddle.
 No, la fiesta no es el viernes. Te has hecho un lío.
muddleheaded (US),
muddle-headed (UK)
adj
informal (confused, scatterbrained)atolondrado/a adj
  (coloquial)turulato/a adj
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'muddle' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

Collocations: a [real, big, hopeless, confusing, political] muddle, muddle [a story, a tale, an issue, a message], a muddle of [ideas, thoughts, papers, old toys], more...

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