pifiar

to mess up

pifiar(pee-fyahr)

intransitive verb

1.

(colloquial)

(to make a mistake)

a. to mess up

Estacionar es difícil, así que no te importe si pifias. No pasa nada.

Parking is difficult, so don't worry if you mess up. It's okay.

b. to make a blunder

Nuestro portero pifió en el último minuto y eso nos costó el partido.

Our goalkeeper made a blunder at the last minute and it cost us the match.

c. to goof

(colloquial)

(United States)

Si la gente del Departamento de Contabilidad pifia en esto, estamos perdidos.

If the guys at the Accounting Department goof on this one, we're done for.

2. (in billiards)

a. to miscue

Apunta bien a la bola para no pifiar.

Aim carefully at the ball so you don't miscue.

3. (to jeer) (Andes)

(Chile)

a. to boo and hiss

El público pifió al final del encuentro.

The spectators booed and hissed at the end of the match.

transitive verb

4.

(colloquial)

(to do badly)

a. to mess up

No puedo permitirme pifiar tantas preguntas en un examen.

I can't afford to mess up so many questions in an exam.

b. to miss (sports)

¿Cómo pudo pifiar el pívot una canasta tan fácil?

How could the center miss such an easy basket?

pifiar

transitive verb

1. (colloquial)

a.

pifiarlato put one's foot in it

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pifiar

transitive verb

1 (And) (Arg) (burlarse de) to joke about; mock; (engañar) to play a trick on

2 (And) (S. Cone) (arruinar) to mess up; botch

3 (And) (S. Cone) (chiflar) to boo; hiss at

4 (México) (robar) to nick (muy_familiar); lift (familiar)

5

pifiarla (meter la pata) to blunder; make a bloomer (familiar)

intransitive verb

1 (S. Cone) (fracasar) to fail; come a cropper (familiar); (en el juego) to mess up one's game

2 (And) (Centroamérica) (llevarse un chasco) to be disappointed; suffer a setback