mess

el desorden

noun

mess
[mes]
sustantivo
1lío (m) desorden (m) (disorder)
  • the kitchen's a mess -> la cocina está toda revuelta
  • you look a mess! -> ¡estás hecho un desastre!
  • to be in a mess -> estar todo(a) revuelto(a); (room) estar en un lío or aprieto (sentido figurado) (person)
  • to make a mess of something (sentido figurado) -> hacer algo desastrosamente (bungle)
2porquería (f) (dirt)
  • the dog's done a mess on the carpet -> el perro ha hecho caca en la alfombra
3comedor (m) (militar)
  • mess tin -> plato (m) de campaña or del rancho (británico)
verbo intransitivo
4hacer caca (familiar) (dog, cat)

mess [mes-jol] [mes-rum]
sustantivo
1Estado de desorden, desorden sucio. (Familiar) (m)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Comer en rancho o hacer rancho, comer a escote. (n)
va. Dar de comer, proveer comidas para.
1Mezclar en confusión, desordenar.
2Hacer sucio, ensuciar.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3Formar desorden sucio o mezcla. (n)
  • Mess about/around -> molestar, fastidiar
  • To mess about/around with something -> entretenerse con algo
  • Mess up -> echar a perder (Fig.); desordenar
  • What a mess-up! -> ¡vaya lío
va. Macanear.

mess [mes]
noun
1 (untidy) desorden; (m) (dirty) porquería; (f) (shambles) desastre; (m) desbarajuste; (m) (predicament) lío; (informal) (m) follón; (informal) (m) (bad job) chapuza; (informal) (f) desastre; (m)
excuse the mess perdone el desorden
to be a messbe
this place is a mess esta casa es un desastre; her hair is a mess tiene el pelo hecho un desastre
his clothes are a mess
this page is a mess, rewrite it esta página es una chapuza un desastre, vuélvela a escribir; (informal)or the economy is a mess la economía es un desastre; her life is a mess su vida es un desastre un desbarajuste;or
you can clean that mess upclean ya puedes ir limpiando esta pena
to be in a messin
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 hecho un desastre;or the economy is in a mess la economía es un desastre; her life is in a mess su vida es un desastre un desbarajuste;or
her life is in a mess Linda can't stand mess
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 un follón;or (informal)
to get (o.s.) into a messgetinto meterse en un lío un follón;or (informal)
a fine nice mess you got us into!or ¡en menudo lío follón nos has metido!;or (informal)
I'm in a right mess here - the car won't start if you'd done what I said you wouldn't be in this mess she'd got herself into a mess - of that he was certain don't get yourself into a mess and expect me to sort things out
you look (such) a messlook 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 messmake
she made a mess of her new skirt your boots have [made] an awful mess on the carpet the kids make such a mess at mealtimes
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; (informal)
I made a complete mess of icing the cake
I've made such a mess of my life he arruinado echado a perder mi vida;or you've made a real mess of things, haven't you? has liado bien las cosas ¿no crees?; (informal)
when you see the mess the government have made of things
2 (euphemistic) (excrement) caca; (f)
dog mess caca de perro; (f) the cat's made a mess in the kitchen el gato ha hecho caca en la cocina
there's a whole mess of daffodils just growing wild down there it was already there, along with a mess of other old carvings
3 (Mil) comedor; (m)
he hurried to the mess to find the control officer we repaired to the mess
officers' mess comedor de oficiales; (m)
verb:intransitive
1 (Mil) (eat) hacer rancho; comer (juntos)
we used to mess together when we were in the same regiment
2 (informal)
no messing! ¡sin bromas!; ¡nada de tonterías!; no messing? ¿en serio?
3 (soil o.s.) hacerse caca encima; (informal)
what a good thing it was Billy didn't wet and mess any more
verb:transitive
to mess one's pants/trousers hacerse caca encima; (informal)
he's messed his pants, miss!
modifier
mess deck (n) sollado; (m)
the hatchway leading down to his mess deck who exactly was in the mess-deck when you were there?
mess hall (n) comedor; (m)
between the kitchen and the mess hall is an open wash house the fence separates the living quarters from the mess hall and other facilities
a mess of pottage (n) (Bible) un plato de lentejas
we sign away our birthright for a mess of pottage she was not going to lower herself for the sake of a fifty-dollar mess of pottage you've deserted your president for a mess of pottage
mess tin (n) plato de campaña; (m)

Verb Conjugation for "mess"

Imperative
  • mess
  • you mess
  • he/she messes
  • we mess
  • you mess
  • they mess
Preterite
  • I messed
  • you messed
  • he/she messed
  • we messed
  • you messed
  • they messed
Present Continuous
  • I am messing
  • you are messing
  • he/she is messing
  • we are messing
  • you are messing
  • they are messing
Present Perfect
  • I have messed
  • you have messed
  • he/she has messed
  • we have messed
  • you have messed
  • they have messed
Past Continuous
  • I was messing
  • you were messing
  • he/she was messing
  • we were messing
  • you were messing
  • they were messing
Past Perfect
  • I had messed
  • you had messed
  • he/she had messed
  • we had messed
  • you had messed
  • they had messed
Future
  • I will mess
  • you will mess
  • he/she will mess
  • we will mess
  • you will mess
  • they will mess
Future Perfect
  • I will have messed
  • you will have messed
  • he/she will have messed
  • we will have messed
  • you will have messed
  • they will have messed
Future Continuous
  • I will be messing
  • you will be messing
  • he/she will be messing
  • we will be messing
  • you will be messing
  • they will be messing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been messing
  • you have been messing
  • he/she has been messing
  • we have been messing
  • you have been messing
  • they have been messing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been messing
  • you will have been messing
  • he/she will have been messing
  • we will have been messing
  • you will have been messing
  • they will have been messing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been messing
  • you had been messing
  • he/she had been messing
  • we had been messing
  • you had been messing
  • they had been messing

mes
masculine noun
1 month (del año)
  • al o por mes -> a month
  • viajo a Lima tres veces al o por mes -> I go to Lima three times a month
2 monthly salary (salario)
3 (informal) (menstruación)
  • está con el mes -> it's her time of the month

mes [mess]
noun
1 Month. (m)
  • Mes lunar -> lunar month
  • El mes que viene -> next month
2 Catamenia, menses, courses. (m)
  • Al mes -> in a month’s time, by the month, at the expiration of a month
  • Dentro de un mes -> in a months’ time
  • El mes corriente -> the current month
  • Pagar por meses -> to pay by the month

mes
sustantivo:masculino
1 month
al mes llegó él he came a month later; 50 dólares al mes 50 dollars a month; el mes corriente this month
el mes que viene el mes próximo next month
dentro de un mes
mes lunar lunar month
2 (sueldo) month's pay; (renta) month's rent
pagué un mes por adelantado
(pago) monthly payment
facilidades de pago 36 meses 36 months credit available
el treceavo mes
3 (Med) (familiar)
estar con tener el meso to have one's period

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