screw up

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screw up
verbo transitivo con partícula
también:
  • to s up a piece of paper -> arrugar un trozo de papel
  • to s up one's face -> contraer or arrugar la cara
  • to s up one's courage -> armarse de valor
1jorobar (familiar) (spoil)
  • his parents really screwed him up -> sus padres lo dejaron bien tarado
verbo intransitivo
2(familiar) (fail)
  • don't s up this time -> esta vez no vayas a jorobarla

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screw up
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 [+paper, material] arrugar
to screw up one's eyes arrugar el entrecejo; to screw up one's face torcer la cara; to screw up one's courage armarse de valor; to screw o.s. up to do sth armarse de valor para hacer algo
2 [+screw] atornillar; [+nut] apretar
to screw sth up tight atornillar algo bien fuerte
3 (informal) (ruin) fastidiar; joder; (vulgar) fregar; (LAm) chingar; (Méx) (vulgar)
the experience really screwed him up la experiencia lo dejó completamente hecho polvo
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 (by turning)
it will screw up tighter than that se puede apretar todavía más
2 (US) (informal)
he really screwed up this time esta vez sí que lo fastidió fregó;or (LAm)

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