bungle
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bungle
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to mess up)
a. hacer un desastre de
The deal fell apart after the diplomat bungled the negotiations.El tratado quedó en nada después de que el diplomático hiciera un desastre de las negociaciones.
b. echar a perder
The governor bungled his response to the crisis.El gobernador echó a perder su respuesta a la crisis.
c. hacer chapuceramente (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
I really bungled the repair of the sink. I'm going to have to call a plumber to undo the damage I did.Hice el arreglo del fregadero muy chapuceramente. Voy a tener que llamar a un plomero para que repare el daño que hice.
d. hacer mal
Pepe bungled the project, and that's why the board didn't approve our project.Pepe hizo mal la presentación, y por eso la junta directiva no nos aprobó el proyecto.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la chapuza (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The mayor's latest bungle is likely to cost him the election.Es probable que la última chapuza del alcalde le va a costar las elecciones.
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