screw-up
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USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled "screwup.”
screw-up(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (blunder) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. la metida de pata (F) (colloquial) (Latin America)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
One more screw-up like that and you're fired.Una metida de pata más como esa y estás despedido.
b. la metedura de pata (F) (colloquial) (Spain)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
Leaving the microphone active when you were backstage was a huge screw-up.Dejar el micrófono activo cuando estabas entre bastidores fue una tremenda metedura de pata.
c. el lío (M) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
There was a screw-up at the airport. I went to La Paz, Mexico and my luggage went to La Paz, Bolivia.Hubo un lío en el aeropuerto. Fui a La Paz, México y mi equipaje fue a La Paz, Bolivia.
2. (colloquial) (useless person) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. el desastre (M), la desastre (F) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Danny's a screw-up! You can't trust him with something like that.¡Danny es un desastre! No puedes confiarle algo así.
b. el metepatas (M), la metepatas (F) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Don't tell Alex your secrets. He's a screw-up. He'll accidentally let it slip.No le cuentes secretos a Alex. Es un metepatas. Se le escapará sin querer.
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