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atrapalhar-se — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blunder noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
  • botch verb To do something badly or carelessly, ruining the result.
  • bungle verb To perform a task badly through carelessness or lack of skill; to botch.

Senses

atrapalhar-se is used for these senses in English:

  • blunder (intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. [from 1706]
  • botch To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
  • bungle (transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.

blunder — full definition

  1. noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
  2. verb To make a careless, serious mistake.

botch — full definition

  1. verb To do something badly or carelessly, ruining the result.
  2. noun A poorly done piece of work; a mess.

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