mess

mess  (ms)

n.

1. A disorderly or dirty accumulation, heap, or jumble: left a mess in the yard.

2.

a. A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty condition: The kitchen was a mess.

b. A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition; a muddle: With divorce and bankruptcy proceedings pending, his personal life was in a mess.

c. One that is in such a condition: clothes that were a mess after painting the ceiling; made a mess of their marriage.

3.

a. An amount of food, as for a meal, course, or dish: cooked up a mess of fish.

b. A serving of soft, semiliquid food: a mess of porridge.

4.

a. A group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, who regularly eat meals together.

b. Food or a meal served to such a group: took mess with the enlistees.

c. A mess hall.

v. messed, mess·ing, mess·es

v.tr.

1. To make disorderly or soiled; clutter or foul: a puppy that still messes the floor.

2. To botch; bungle.

v.intr.

1. To cause or make a mess.

2. To use or handle something carelessly; fiddle: messed with the blender until he broke it.

3. To intrude; interfere: messing in the neighbors' affairs.

4. To take a meal in a military mess.

Phrasal Verbs:

mess around Informal

1. To pass time in aimless puttering.

2. To associate casually or playfully: liked to mess around with pals on days off.

3. Informal To be sexually unfaithful.

mess up

1. Informal To make a mistake, especially from nervousness or confusion: messed up and dropped the ball.

2. Slang To beat up; manhandle: got messed up in a brawl.

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[Middle English mes, course of a meal, food, group of people eating together, from Old French, from Late Latin missus, from Latin, past participle of mittere, to place.]

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mess [mɛs]

n

1. a state of confusion or untidiness, esp if dirty or unpleasant the house was in a mess

2. a chaotic or troublesome state of affairs; muddle his life was a mess

3. Informal a dirty or untidy person or thing

4. (Cookery) Archaic a portion of food, esp soft or semiliquid food

5. (Military) a place where service personnel eat or take recreation an officers' mess

6. (Military) a group of people, usually servicemen, who eat together

7. (Military) the meal so taken

mess of pottage a material gain involving the sacrifice of a higher value

vb

1. (tr; often foll by up) to muddle or dirty

2. (intr) to make a mess

3. (intr; often foll by with) to interfere; meddle

4. (Military) (intr; often foll by with or together) Military to group together, esp for eating

[from Old French mes dish of food, from Late Latin missus course (at table), from Latin mittere to send forth, set out]

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Mess a confused mixture; a group of four; a group of people who regularly eat together; the quantity of milk at one milking; a quantity of food; a haul of fish. Also, officers’ mess, sergeants’ mess, etc.

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mess

• addled, muddled - Addled refers to mental confusion; muddled is anything confused or in a mess.
• dog's breakfast, dog's dinner - Meaning a mess or muddle, a dog's breakfast or dog's dinner originally may have referred to a cooking mishap with results fit only for a dog's consumption.
• higgledy-piggledy - Probably formed from pig and the animal's suggestions of mess and disorder.
• kettle of fish - Meaning "mess, muddle," the phrase is from "a pretty kettle of fish," a corruption of "kiddle of fish," in which a kiddle is a basket set in the opening of a weir for catching fish.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mess - a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" messiness, muss, mussiness disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"
	2.	mess - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" fix, kettle of fish, muddle, pickle, jam, hole difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" dog's breakfast, dog's dinner - a poor job; a mess; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job"
	3.	mess - soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge" aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals, nutrition - a source of materials to nourish the body
	4.	mess - a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time
	5.	mess - a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax mess hall dining room, dining-room - a room used for dining officer's mess - a mess for the exclusive use of officers training table - planned meals for athletes in training (usually served in a mess hall) armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	6.	mess - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
Verb	1.	mess - eat in a mess hall armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
	2.	mess - make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room" mess up disarray, disorder - bring disorder to

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mess

noun

1. untidiness, disorder, confusion, chaos, turmoil, litter, clutter, disarray, jumble, disorganization, grot (slang), dirtiness Linda can't stand mess.

2. shambles, botch, hash, cock-up (Brit. slang), state, balls-up (taboo slang), fuck-up (offensive taboo slang), bodge (informal), pig's breakfast (informal) I've made such a mess of my life.

3. difficulty, dilemma, plight, spot (informal), hole (informal), fix (informal), jam (informal), hot water (informal), stew (informal), mix-up, muddle, pickle (informal), uphill (S. African), predicament, deep water, perplexity, tight spot, imbroglio, fine kettle of fish (informal) I've got myself into a bit of a mess.

mess about or around

1. potter about, dabble, amuse yourself, footle (informal), fool about or around, muck about or around (informal), piss about or around (taboo slang), play about or around We were just messing around playing with paint. Stop messing about and get on with your work.

2. meddle, play, interfere, toy, fiddle (informal), tamper, tinker, trifle, fool about or around, piss about or around (taboo slang) I'd like to know who's been messing about with the pram.

mess something up

1. botch, bungle, make a hash of (informal), make a nonsense of, make a pig's ear of (informal), cock something up (Brit. slang), fuck something up (offensive taboo slang), muck something up (Brit. slang), muddle something up If I messed it up, I would probably be fired.

2. dirty, foul, litter, pollute, clutter, besmirch, disarrange, befoul, dishevel I hope they haven't messed up your house.

mess with something or someone interfere, play, fiddle (informal), tamper, tinker, meddle You are messing with people's religion and they don't like that.

Translations

mess [mes]

A. N

1. (untidy) → desorden m; (dirty) → porquería f; (= shambles) → desastre m, desbarajuste m; (= predicament) → lío m, follón m; (= bad job) → chapuza f, desastre m
excuse the mess → perdone el desorden
to be a mess this place is a mess → esta casa es un desastre
her hair is a mess → tiene el pelo hecho un desastre
this page is a mess, rewrite it → esta página es una chapuza or un desastre, vuélvela a escribir
the economy is a mess → la economía es un desastre
her life is a mess → su vida es un desastre or un desbarajuste
you can clean that mess up → ya puedes ir limpiando esta pena
to be in a mess the house was in a mess → la casa estaba hecha un desastre
the toys were in a mess → había un desorden de juguetes
to leave things in a mess → dejarlo todo desordenado or hecho un desastre
the economy is in a mess → la economía es un desastre
her life is in a mess → su vida es un desastre or un desbarajuste
his face was in a bit of a mess (after fight, accident) → tenía la cara que daba pena
we're in a mess → estamos metidos en un lío or un follón
to get (o.s.) into a mess (fig) → meterse en un lío or un follón
a fine or nice mess you got us into! → ¡en menudo lío or follón nos has metido!
you look (such) a mess → vas hecho un desastre
look at the mess you've made of this room → mira cómo has dejado esta habitación de desordenada
to make a mess look what a mess you've made! → ¡mira cómo lo has puesto todo!
he made a mess of his audition → la audición le fue fatal
I've made such a mess of my life → he arruinado or echado a perder mi vida
you've made a real mess of things haven't you? → has liado bien las cosas ¿no crees?

2. (euph) (= excrement) → caca f
dog mess → caca f de perro
the cat's made a mess in the kitchen → el gato ha hecho caca en la cocina

3. (Mil) → comedor m
officers' mess → comedor m de oficiales

B. VI

1. (Mil) (= eat) → hacer rancho, comer(juntos)

2. no messing! → ¡sin bromas!, ¡nada de tonterías!
no messing? → ¿en serio?

3. (= soil o.s.) → hacerse caca encima

C. VT to mess one's pants/trousers → hacerse caca encima

D. CPD mess deck N → sollado m
mess hall N → comedor m
a mess of pottage N (Bible) → un plato de lentejas
mess tin N → plato m de campaña

mess about mess around

A. VT + ADV (Brit) all they do is mess me about, they won't give me a straight answer → no hacen más que jugar conmigo, no me dan una respuesta concreta
they were messing me about so much over the dates that I told them to forget it → me querían cambiar las fechas tantas veces que les dije que se olvidaran del asunto

B. VI + ADV (= play the fool) → hacer tonterías; (= do nothing in particular) → pasar el rato, gandulear; (= waste time) → perder el tiempo
"what are you doing?" - "just messing about" → -¿qué haces? -nada, pasando el rato
we messed about in Paris for two days → pasamos dos días en París haciendo esto y lo otro
he enjoys messing about in boats → le gusta entretenerse con las barcas
she's not one to mess about, she gets on with the job → no es de las que pierde el tiempo, saca el trabajo adelante
I don't want him messing about here → no le quiero fisgoneando por aquí
stop messing about! → ¡déjate de tonterías!
to mess about with sb he isn't the kind of guy you mess about with → no es de los que se deja enredar or tomar el pelo
he messed about with some lads from college for a while → salió con unos tíos de la universidad durante un tiempo
she'd been messing about with other men → había estado liada con otros hombres
to mess about with sth he was messing about with his watchstrap → estaba jugueteando con la correa del reloj
who's been messing about with the video? → ¿quién ha estado manoseando or toqueteando el vídeo?

mess up

A. VT + ADV

1. (= disarrange) [+ books, papers] → descolocar; [+ hair] → desarreglar; [+ room, house] → desordenar, desarreglar

2. (= dirty) → ensuciar

3. (= ruin) [+ plans, arrangements] → estropear, echar por tierra; [+ piece of work] → estropear

4. (US) (= beat up) → zurrar, dar una paliza a

B. VI + ADV → meter la pata

mess with VI + PREP

1. (= challenge, confront) → meterse con
if he ever messes with me again I'll kill him → si vuelve a meterse conmigo lo mato

2. (= interfere with) → interferir con
the system works well so don't mess with it → el sistema funciona bien así que no interfieras con él

3. (= get involved with) I used to mess with drugs → estaba metido en drogas

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mess [ˈmɛs] n

(= untidiness) → désordre m
Sorry about the mess! → Désolé pour le désordre!
I hate mess → Je déteste le désordre.
what a mess! (in house, room) → quel désordre!
to be in a mess [house, room] → être en désordre
My bedroom's usually in a mess → Ma chambre est le plus souvent en désordre.
Her hair was in a terrible mess → Ses cheveux étaient dans un désordre épouvantable.
to be a mess [house, room] → être un fouillis

(= bad situation) → gâchis m
to be a mess [life, situation] → être un gâchis
My life is such a mess → Ma vie est un tel gâchis.
to be in a mess [company, economy] → être dans un sale état
The economy is now in a mess → L'économie est maintenant dans un sale état.; [person] → être dans le pétrin >
to get o.s. in a mess → se mettre dans le pétrin
to sort out the mess → mettre bon ordre à tout cela
They could have legislated last year to sort out the mess → Ils auraient pu légiférer l'année dernière pour mettre bon ordre à tout cela.
to make a mess of sth → mettre la pagaille dans qch
the mess they have made of their public finances → la pagaille qu'ils ont mise dans leurs finances publiques

(= spillage) → dégâts mpl
to mop up the mess → nettoyer les dégâts

(MILITARY) → mess m

mess around

vi

(= play around) → faire l'imbécile or faire les imbéciles

(= interfere) to mess around with sth → tripoter qch
Stop messing around with my computer! → Arrête de tripoter mon ordinateur!
I'd like to know who's been messing around with the computer → J'aimerais bien savoir qui a été tripoter l'ordinateur.
Don't mess around with my things!
BUT Ne touche pas à mes affaires!.

to be messing around (= joking) → déconner >
I'm always joking and messing around → Je suis toujours en train de plaisanter et de déconner.

vt sep (= treat badly) to mess sb around → faire tourner qn en bourrique
I think they've been messed around far too much already → Je trouve qu'on les a déjà fait bien trop tourner en bourrique.

mess about

(British)

vi

(= play around) → faire l'imbécile or faire les imbéciles
Stop messing about and do some work → Arrête de faire l'imbécile et mets-toi au travail.

(= interfere) to mess about with sth → tripoter qch
Stop messing about with my computer! → Arrête de tripoter mon ordinateur!
Don't mess about with my things!
BUT Ne touche pas à mes affaires!.

to be messing about (= joking) → déconner >

vt sep
to mess sb about (= treat badly) → faire tourner qn en bourrique
I think they've been messed about far too much already → Je trouve qu'on les a déjà fait bien trop tourner en bourrique.

mess up

vt sep

(= make dirty) [+ place, thing] → salir, dégueulasser >
I was used to him messing up the kitchen → J'étais habitué à ce qu'il me dégueulasse la cuisine.

(= make untidy) → mettre la pagaille dans
My little brother has messed up my cassettes → Mon petit frère a mis la pagaille dans mes cassettes.
Don't go messing up my papers → Ne va pas mettre la pagaille dans mes papiers.

(= ruin) [+ arrangement, plan] → fiche en l'air >, ficher en l'air >; [+ life, career] → fiche en l'air >, ficher en l'air >
That will mess up the whole plan → Cela va fiche or ficher en l'air tout le projet.
He had already messed up one career → Il avait déjà fichu en l'air une carrière.
to mess things up → tout fiche en l'air
When politicians mess things up → Lorsque les politicien fichent tout en l'air ...

vi → merder >
If I messed up, I would probably be fired → Si je merdais, j'allais probablement être viré.

mess with

vt fus (= interfere with) [+ thing, person] → blaguer avec
You are messing with people's religion and they don't like that → Tu blagues avec la religion des gens et ils n'aiment pas ça.

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mess:

mess jacket

n → Affenjäckchen nt (inf)

mess kit

n

(Brit) Uniform für gesellschaftliche Anlässe

(US) → Essgeschirr nt

messmate

n they were messs → sie waren Kameraden bei der Armee

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mess¹

n

→ Durcheinander nt; (dirty) → Schweinerei f; to be (in) a mess → unordentlich sein, in einem fürchterlichen Zustand sein; (= disorganized) → ein einziges Durcheinander sein; (fig: one’s life, marriage, career etc) → verkorkst sein (inf); to be a mess (piece of work) → eine Schweinerei sein (inf); (= disorganized) → ein einziges or heilloses Durcheinander sein; (person) (in appearance) → unordentlich aussehen; (psychologically) → verkorkst sein (inf); to look a mess (person) → unmöglich aussehen; (= untidy also) → schlampig or unordentlich aussehen; (= dirty also) → völlig verdreckt sein; (room, piece of work) → unordentlich or schlimm aussehen; to make a mess (= be untidy) → Unordnung machen; (= be dirty) → eine Schweinerei machen (inf); to make a mess of something (= make untidy) → etw in Unordnung bringen, etw durcheinanderbringen; (= make dirty) → etw verdrecken; (= bungle, botch) → etw verpfuschen, bei etw Mist bauen (inf); of one’s life → etw verkorksen (inf) → or verpfuschen; I made a mess of sewing it on → ich habe beim Annähen Mist gebaut (inf); you’ve really made a mess of things → du hast alles total vermasselt (inf); a fine mess you’ve made of that → da hast du was Schönes angerichtet; what a mess! → wie sieht das denn aus!, das sieht ja vielleicht aus!; (fig) → ein schöner Schlamassel! (inf); I’m not tidying up your mess → ich räume nicht für dich auf; a mess of beer cans/pots and pans → ein Haufen Bierdosen/Töpfe und Pfannen

(= awkward predicament) → Schwierigkeiten pl, → Schlamassel m (inf); cheating got him into a mess → durch seine Mogelei ist er in ziemliche Schwierigkeiten geraten; he got into a mess with the police → er hat Ärger mit der Polizei bekommen

(euph: = excreta) → Dreck m; the cat/baby has made a mess on the carpet → die Katze/das Baby hat auf den Teppich gemacht

vi = mess about VI c, d

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mess² (Mil)

n → Kasino nt, (Aus also) → Casino nt; (on ships) → Messe f; (= food) → Essen nt

vi → essen, das Essen einnehmen

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mess [mɛs] n

a. (confusion of objects) → disordine m, confusione f; (dirt) → sporcizia; (awkward predicament) → pasticcio
you look a mess! → guarda in che stato sei!
to be (in) a mess (house, room) → essere in disordine, essere molto sporco/a (fig) (marriage, life) → essere un caos or un disastro
to make a mess → fare un gran disordine dappertutto, sporcare dappertutto
the dog has made a mess → il cane ha sporcato
to make a mess of (dirty) → sporcare (tear) → strappare (wreck) → sfasciare
to make a mess of one's life/career → rovinarsi la vita/la carriera
I made a mess of the exam → ho fatto un pasticcio all'esame
to be/get (o.s.) in a mess (fig) → essere/cacciarsi in un pasticcio

b. (Mil) → mensa

mess about mess around (fam)

1. vi + adv (waste time) → perdere tempo, trastullarsi; (play the fool) → far confusione; (in water, mud) → pasticciare
what are you doing? - just messing about → cosa fai? - niente di speciale

2. vt + adv (person) → menare per il naso; (plans) → scombinare
stop messing me about! → smettila di farmi perdere tempo!

mess about with mess around with (fam) vi + adv + prep (plans) → fare un pasticcio di
to mess about with sth → armeggiare or trafficare con qc
to mess about with sb → divertirsi con qn

mess up vt + adv (room) → mettere sottosopra; (dress) → sporcare; (hair) → scompigliare (fig) (plan, marriage, situation) → mandare a monte, rovinare

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mess

n mess [mes]

a state of disorder or confusion; an untidy, dirty or unpleasant sight or muddle This room is in a terrible mess!; She looked a mess; The spilt food made a mess on the carpet. gemors فَوْضى бъркотия nepořádek; zmatek; špína rod; griseri das Durcheinander ακαταστασία, ανακατωσούρα, μπλέξιμο desastre, enredo, lío segadus اشفته sekasotku désordre, gâchis לִכלוּך, בָּלָגָן भोजनालय zbrka rendetlenség; piszok kekalutan drasl; óreiða confusione, disordine 混乱 엉망인 상태, 혼란 netvarka, maišatis, kas netvarkingas/suteptas juceklis; nekārtība; netīrība kucar kacir rotzooi rot, uorden, virvar nieład, bałagan confusão. dezordine; murdărie беспорядок;грязь neporiadok; špina nered nered röra, oreda, smörja สภาพรกรุงรัง karışıklık; kir, pislik 混亂 безладдя, безлад بے ترتیبی tình trạng hỗn độn 混乱

v

(withwith) to meddle, or to have something to do with She's always messing with the television set. rondvroetel, rondmors تَتَدَخَّل забърквам се babrat se (s), vrtat se (v) rode med herumpfuschen ανακατεύομαι desordenar (millessegi) nina toppima, tegemist olema شلوغ کاری کردن sotkeutua, olla tekemisissä tripoter לְהִתעַסֵק pokvariti piszkál vmit campur tangan blanda sér í (e-ð); fikta í trafficare いじくる 쓸데없는 참견을 하다 kišti nagus prie, prasidėti su noņemties, ķēpāties campur tangan knoeien fikle med, forkludre grzebać mexer a avea treabă (cu) возиться hrať sa delati zmešnjavo napraviti nered pillra på, kladda med, lägga sig i ก้าวก่าย oynamak, kurcalamak 擺弄 робити розгардіяш چھیڑ چھاڑ کرنا làm rối; làm bẩn 摆弄

adj messy

dirty a messy job. morsige غَيْر مُرَتَّب، مُتَّسِم بالقَذارَه мръсен špinavý beskidt schmutzig βρόμικος, μπελαλίδικος sucio räpane کثیف sotkuinen sale מְלוּכלַך फैला हुआ neuredan mocskos kotor sóðalegur sporco, (che fa sporcare) きたない 지저분한 nešvarus, netvarkingas netīrs; ķēpīgs kotor vies snusket, sølet, griset brudny sujo murdar, împuţit грязный špinavý umazan prljav smutsig, kladdig ซึ่งไม่เรียบร้อยและสกปรก pis, kirli, karmakarışık 骯臟的 неохайний; брудний خراب، گندہ bẩn thỉu 肮脏的

adv messily

morsend بِقَذاره، بِفَوْضى мръсно nepořádně beskidt schmutzig βρόμικα, μπελαλίδικα con poco esmero, descuidadamente räpakalt با بهم ریختگی suttuisasti avec désordre בְּצוּרָה מְלוּכלֶכֶת गंदे तरीके से neuredno piszkosan berantakan sóðalega disordinatamente 混乱して 더럽게, 엉망으로 netvarkingai nekārtīgi, juceklīgi dengan kotor slordig snusket; rotet niechlujnie confusamente dezordonat; murdar грязно neporiadne neurejeno neuredno smutsigt, kladdigt อย่างไม่เป็นระเบียบ karmakarışık şekilde 雜亂地 неохайно ابتری سے bừa bộn 杂乱地

n messiness

morsigheid فَوْضى мрсотия nepořádek rod; snusk die Schmutzigkeit ακαταστασία desorden segadus در هم وبرهمی sekaisuus désordre עִרבּוּביָה गंदगी zbrkanost piszkos/mocskos volta vminek keadaan berantakan sóðaskapur; óreiða disordine 混乱 더러움, 난잡함 netvarkingumas nekārtība, juceklis kekotoran viesheid, slordigheid snusk; virvar, rot niechlujstwo sujeira dezordine; murdărie грязь neporiadok nered neurednost röra, oreda, smutsighet ความไม่เป็นระเบียบ pislik 混亂 неохайність افرا تفری sự hỗn độn 混乱

n mess-up

a muddle or state of confusion There has been a mess-up in the timetable. deurmekaarspul حالة مِن الفَوْضى каша zmatek uorden das Durcheinander μπέρδεμα lío, follón, enredo segadus بر فراز sekaannus gâchis בָּלָגָן खराब करना, गंदा करना zbrka zűr(zavar) kekacauan klúður pasticcio 混乱 혼란 painiava, maišalynė juceklis salah faham warboel misforståelse, rot bałagan confusão încurcătură неразбериха, путаница zmätok zmešnjava zbrka trassel, röra ทำให้ยุ่งเหยิง karışıklık 混亂 плутанина گڑبڑ tình trạng hỗn loạn 混乱

make a mess of

1 to make dirty, untidy or confused The heavy rain has made a real mess of the garden. gemors gemaak يُسَبِّب الفَوضى والقَذارَه изцапвам zaneřádit, zmazat lave svineri; lave uorden ruinieren τα κάνω άνω κάτω ensuciar, desordenar segi ajama الوده کردن pilata, sotkea salir, gâcher לְלַכלֵך, לְבַלגֵן चौपट कर देना, सत्यानाश कर देना unerediti bepiszkít, feldúl mengotorkan setja á annan endann; sóða (út) rovinare めちゃくちゃにする 지저분하게 하다 subjauroti, padaryti netvarką sajaukt; piegružot mengotorkan verknoeien grise til; rote til nabrudzić, zrobić bałagan estragar a face murdărie în (за)пачкать; напугать zašpiniť narediti zmešnjavo upropastiti smutsa (söla, kladda) ner ทำให้สกปรก altüst etmek 把...搞亂 зіпсувати کام بگاڑنا làm bẩn 把...搞乱

2 to do badly He made a mess of his essay. verbrou يَعْمَل بِصورةٍ سَيِّئَه справям се зле zhudlařit, zbabrat ødelægge verpfuschen τα κάνω θάλασσα estropear valmis vusserdama اشفته کردن tunaroida gâcher לְפַשֵל गड़बड़-सड़बड़ कर देना pokvariti elront, eltol vmit mengerjakan dengan buruk klúðra fare un pasticcio ～をしくじる 실수를 저지르다 blogai padaryti, sugadinti sabojāt; saputrot melakukan dengan teruk verknoeien ødelegge, klusse til spartaczyć fazer uma porcaria a da rasol (cu) испортить zbabrať pokvariti zabrljati misslyckas med ทำอย่างลวก ๆ berbat etmek 把...弄糟 напсувати ستیاناس کرنا làm cẩu thả 把...弄糟

3 to spoil or ruin (eg one's life) He made a mess of his life by drinking too much. opgemors يُفْسِد العَمَل провалям zpackat (si) ødelægge; ruinere verpfuschen καταστρέφω arruinar, estropear ära vussima ضایع کردن pilata gâcher “לְחַרבֵּש” सत्यानाश कर देना upropastiti eltol, elront vmit merusak klúðra rovinare 台なしにする 망쳐놓다 sugadinti, sugriauti sabojāt, sagandēt merosakkan verknoeien ødelegge, spolere zmarnować, zepsuć arruinar a strica, a rata загубить zbabrať (si) uničiti upropastiti fördärva, ställa till det för sig ทำให้เสีย (ด้วยความประมาท) berbat etmek, mahvetmek 毀掉 зіпсувати برباد کرنا làm hại 毁掉

mess about/around

1 to behave in a foolish or annoying way The children were shouting and messing about. rondspeel يَتَصَرَّف بِصورةٍ حَمْقاء ومُزْعِجَه държа се глупаво skotačit fjolle rundt herumpfuschen κάνω χαζομάρες fastidiar, molestar vallatlema شلوغ کردن riehua chahuter, embêter לְשַׂחֵק, לִצחוֹק आवारा घूमना, इधर-उधर के काम करना tratiti vrijeme rendetlenkedik mengacau fíflast (fare lo stupido) ふざけ回る 바보같이 행동하다 išdykauti blēņoties; maisīties pa kājām mengacau herrie maken rote/drive omkring bawić się fazer confusão a-şi face de cap валять дурака šantiť razgrajati izmotavati se bråka, larva sig พูดหรือกระทำโง่ ๆ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) dolaşmak 瞎搗亂 шкодити پریشانی کا سبب بننا làm việc cẩu thả 瞎捣乱

2 to work with no particular plan in a situation that involves mess I love messing about in the kitchen. bak en brou يَعْمَل بصورةٍ فَوضَويَّه мотая се kutit gå og rode herumpfuschen ψευτοδουλεύω, παίζω gandulear jändama در هم و برهم häärätä bricoler לְהִתבַּטֵל समय गंवाना dangubiti babrál kerja secara iseng dunda, dútla trafficare だらだらする 빈둥거리다 kuistis []ņemties melengah-lengahkan knoeien sysle, drive med bałaganić, szaleć mexer a drege, a repara возиться kutiť brkljati petljati se stöka, pillra med ใช้เวลาไม่คุ้มค่า (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) uğraşmak, oynamak 混日子 порпатися بے ربط غیر منظم طور پر عمل کرنا làm rối tung lên 混日子

3 (withwith) to meddle or interfere with Who's been messing about with my papers? meng in يَتَدخَّل في пипам motat se okolo rode med; pille ved herumpfuschen ανακατεύομαι desarreglar, desordenar tuhnima الوده کردن penkoa déranger לִגרוֹם לְאִי-סֶדֶר, לְבָלגֵן šeprtljiti „szórakozik” vmivel mengacak-acak fikta við mettere in disordine いじくる 쓸데 없이 참견하다 naršyti jaukties menyelerakkan rommelen in fikle med, rote i/med bawić się, grzebać (w) mexer com a se amesteca, a-şi băga nasul рыться motať sa okolo vtikati se petljati kladda (tafsa) på เข้าไปเกี่ยวข้อง karıştırmak, kurcalamak 弄亂，干涉 влазити مداخلت کرنا یا چھیڑ چھاڑ کرنا can thiệp 弄乱

4 to upset or put into a state of disorder or confusion The wind messed her hair about. deurmekaar maak يَجْعَلُه عَديم التَّرتيب، يَنْعَفُ разстройвам rozcuchat lave uorden i; ødelægge verwirren ανακατώνω alborotar segi ajama بهم ریخته کردن sekoittaa chambarder לְבָלגֵן spetljati összekócol merusak rugla mettere in disordine 乱す 어지르다 suvelti sajaukt; izjaukt kusut masai in de war maken rote til, bringe i uorden bałaganić, potargać desarranjar a ră­văşi приводить в беспорядок rozstrapatiť spraviti v nered pokvariti trassla till ทำให้ไม่เป็นระเบียบ dağıtmak 搞亂 порушувати اتھل پتھل کرنا làm rối 搞乱

mess up

to spoil; to make a mess of Don't mess the room up! deurmekaar maak يُفْسِد، يُسَبِّب الفَوْضى разхвърлям obrátit vzhůru nohama lave uorden i in Unordnung bringen χαλώ, λερώνω, αναστατώνω desordenar, ensuciar segi ajama سر هم بندی کردن sotkea gâcher, mettre en désordre לְבָלגֵן गड़बड़ी करना unerediti elront; rendetlenséget csinál vhol membuat berantakan setja á annan endann, umturna mettere in disordine 散らかす 망치다 priteršti, sujaukti radīt nekārtību, piegružot mengotorkan rommelig maken ødelegge, ramponere; rote til doprowadzić do bałaganu desarrumar a întoarce cu fundul în sus; a strica портить; пачкать obrátiť hore nohami razmetati unerediti stöka till, smutsa ner ทำให้สูญเสียโดยประมาท kirletmek, altını üstüne getirmek 搞亂 робити розгардіяш, рейвах برباد کرنا làm lộn xộn 搞乱

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mess → فوضى nepořádek rod Durcheinander μπέρδεμα desorden sotku désordre nered disordine 散乱 엉망인 상태 rotzooi rot bałagan bagunça, trapalhada беспорядок röra สภาพรกรุงรัง dağınıklık bừa bãi 混乱