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muddle / desorden
 
muddle   [ˈmʌdl]
A. -noun   (untidy)   desorden (m),   lío (m) / lío masculine (f)
(=tricky situation)   lío (m) / lío masculine (f),   follónoun (m) Spain Spain
(=mix-up)   confusiónoun (f)
·what a muddle!
(looking at mess)   ¡qué desorden!,   ¡qué lío!   (situation)   ¡qué lío! *,   ¡qué follónoun! Spain Spain
·there'noun been a muddle over the seats
·ha habido una confusiónoun con las localidades
a. to [be in] a muddle
[room, books]   estar en desorden,   estar revuelto,   estar hecho un desbarajuste *
[person]   estar confuso,   estar hecho un lío *
·the arrangements are all in a muddle
hay un verdadero lío con los preparativos *
b. to [get into] a muddle
[things]   desordenarse,   revolverse
[person]   hacerse un lío *
c. to get [something] into a muddle =   desordenar algo,   revolver algo
B. -transitive verb   also muddle up
1. (=jumble)
[+photos, papers]   revolver,   desordenar
·you've muddled (up) all my papers!
·¡has revuelto or desordenado todos mis papeles!
·she'd got all the papers muddled (up)
·había revuelto todos los papeles
a. to [get] muddled (up)
[things]   desordenarse,   revolverse
2. (=confuse)
[+person, details]   confundir
a. to [get] muddled (up)
[person]   confundirse,   hacerse un lío *,   liarse *
 
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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