mess up

mess up
verbo transitivo con partícula
1desordenar (familiar) (room); revolver (hair); estropear (plan)

mess up
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 (disarrange) [+books, papers] descolocar; [+hair] desarreglar; [+room, house] desordenar; desarreglar
I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes you're messing my hair up don't mess the bed up - I've just made it
2 (dirty) ensuciar
when I let him loose in the kitchen he always messes up his clothes
3 (ruin) [+plans, arrangements] estropear; echar por tierra; [+piece of work] estropear
I don't want to mess up your weekend I was painting this design on the ceiling but I messed it up when politicians mess things up it is the people who pay the price the party was meant to be a surprise and you messed it up it really messed the boys up when we decided to split
4 (US) (beat up) zurrar; (informal) dar una paliza a; (informal)
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
(informal) meter la pata; (informal)
if I messed up this time I'd lose my job he kept messing up, missing cues, disrupting things

Word of the Day: evidentemente

evidently, plainly, clearly, obviously