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mess <-es> [mes] N

1. mess no pl (disorganized state):

mess
bagunça f

2. mess no pl (trouble):

mess
confusão f
mess
caos m

3. mess (dining hall):

mess
refeitório m

I . mess around VB intr inf

II . mess around VB trans

I . mess up VB intr inf

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mess up
ir mal
mess up
pisar na bola

II . mess up VB trans

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Usage examples with mess

a pretty mess inf
uma bela embrulhada
I can't be bothered cleaning up the mess
não estou com a menor vontade de arrumar esta bagunça

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The base had its own hospital, 40-acre sewage plant, 9 administration buildings, 4 mess halls, supply rooms, officers' quarters, a guardhouse, a chapel, and 37 barracks.
en.wikipedia.org
If a video camera were to perform such high speed changes in focal points, the image on screen would be a blurry, nauseating mess.
en.wikipedia.org
Mess, by his definition, can range from actual untidiness -- which can function better than precise filing systems -- to disruption, distraction, unexpected collaboration, and context-switching.
qz.com
Mess with him at your peril -- he will pull out all the stops to get his own back.
www.telegraph.co.uk
He tells her that he punishes people who mess with him, and tells her to get out of his office.
en.wikipedia.org
Time for a blank cheque, wanton wholesale corruption, padding and privileges are over, this is not one person's mess, and this is everybody's mess.
www.vanguardngr.com
The designers created a whole mess of disparate environments, then superglued them together in random order.
www.wired.com
An oversized running litter bin also features in a bid to persuade locals to pick up their own mess and that of their pets.
www.thecourier.co.uk
Unfortunately, they get caught up in such a mess with the law that they can't find a way out.
en.wikipedia.org
We could see faint finger marks on the aluminum chassis, but it's not the smudgy mess you see on shiny plastic surfaces.
www.pcauthority.com.au

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