"screw up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: screws up [present, singular, third-person], screwing up [participle, present], screwed up [participle, past], screwed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} screw up (third-person singular simple present screws up, present participle screwing up, simple past and past participle screwed up)
  1. (transitive) To tighten or secure with screws. Tags: transitive Translations (to tighten or secure with screws): zašroubovat [perfective] (Czech), skrue fast (Danish), ruuvata (Finnish), ruuvata kiinni (Finnish), zuschrauben (German), verschrauben (German), przyśrubować [perfective] (Polish), зави́нчивать (zavínčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), завинти́ть (zavintítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-screw_up-en-verb-HPO0JZ7U Disambiguation of 'to tighten or secure with screws': 91 2 2 1 2 1 2
  2. (transitive) To raise (rent, fees, etc.) to extortionate levels. Tags: transitive Translations (to raise to extortionate levels): našponovat [perfective] (Czech), vyhnat [perfective] (Czech), přemrštit [perfective] (Czech), šponovat [imperfective] (Czech), šroubovat [imperfective] (Czech), kiristää (Finnish), kiristää äärimmilleen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-screw_up-en-verb-knx~X29t Disambiguation of 'to raise to extortionate levels': 3 61 21 2 5 2 6
  3. (transitive) To raise or summon up. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-screw_up-en-verb-UdxQ1uNw Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 9 9 35 7 15 8 17
  4. (transitive) To twist into a contorted state. Tags: transitive Translations (to twist into a contorted state): dichtknijpen (Dutch), vääntää (Finnish), verziehen (German), kupi (english: referring to eyes) (Maori), arohea (english: the eyes with pain) (Maori)
    Sense id: en-screw_up-en-verb-cjD8wSfk Disambiguation of 'to twist into a contorted state': 1 1 1 96 1 0 1
  5. (transitive, dated) To squint. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-screw_up-en-verb-0-RsXBaE
  6. (transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin. Tags: colloquial, transitive Translations (colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin): zorat [perfective] (Czech), zbodat [perfective] (Czech), zpackat [perfective] (Czech), podělat [perfective] (Czech), dumme sig (Danish), verkloten (Dutch), tyriä (Finnish), möhliä (Finnish), mämmätä (Finnish), foirer [colloquial] (French), vermurksen (German), verpfuschen (German), verhunzen (German), verkorksen (German), ruinieren (German), elront (Hungarian), elszúr (Hungarian), elfuserál (Hungarian), eltol (Hungarian), spieprzyć [perfective] (Polish), cagar no pau [Brazil, vulgar] (Portuguese), запоро́ть (zaporótʹ) [perfective] (Russian), chingar [slang, vulgar] (Spanish), พัง (pang) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-screw_up-en-verb-en:ruin Disambiguation of 'colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin': 1 1 1 0 1 90 6
  7. (intransitive, colloquial) To blunder; to make a mistake. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Synonyms: make a mistake Translations (colloquial: to blunder): errar (Catalan), encertar (Catalan), tyriä (Finnish), möhliä (Finnish), mämmätä (Finnish), gaffer (French), foirer [colloquial] (French), errare (Italian), sbagliare (Italian), erro (Latin), spieprzyć [perfective] (Polish), errar (Portuguese), cagar no pau [Brazil, vulgar] (Portuguese), напорта́чить (naportáčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), meter la pata (Spanish), cagarla [slang, vulgar] (Spanish), errar (Spanish), marrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-screw_up-en-verb-YnqDYtyH Disambiguation of 'colloquial: to blunder': 2 2 3 1 3 3 86

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To tighten or secure with screws."
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          "ref": "1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 1052",
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          "text": "The baby screwed up his face and began to bawl.",
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          "text": "“Where’s the man with the trumpet?” Ralph, sensing his sun-blindness, answered him. “There’s no man with a trumpet. Only me.” The boy came close and peered down at Ralph, screwing up his face as he did so.",
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        "(transitive) To twist into a contorted state."
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
          "word": "dichtknijpen"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 96 1 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 96 1 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
          "word": "verziehen"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
          "word": "kupi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 96 1 0 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "the eyes with pain",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
          "word": "arohea"
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          "ref": "1919, Richard Aldington, A Village",
          "text": "[...] Hands deep in pockets, head aslant,\nAnd eyes screwed up against the light [...]",
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        "To squint."
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          "ref": "2015, Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls, Simon and Schuster, page 147",
          "text": "“Why shouldn't it be my fault, right? I screwed up my kid. I screwed up my marriage. I screwed up my fucking life. We don't need to beat around the bush.” He smirked, shook his head.",
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          "ref": "2019 September 30, Hank Shteamer, “Future 25: Ethan Diamond, Co-founder of Bandcamp”, in Rolling Stone",
          "text": "Don’t screw this up.” That’s what Bandcamp CEO Ethan Diamond hears over and over again from artists and labels about the company he founded in 2008.",
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        "To make a mess of; to ruin."
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        "(transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin."
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zorat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zbodat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zpackat"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "podělat"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "dumme sig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "verkloten"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "tyriä"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "möhliä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "mämmätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "foirer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "vermurksen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "verpfuschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "verhunzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "verkorksen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "ruinieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "elront"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "elszúr"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "elfuserál"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "eltol"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spieprzyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "cagar no pau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaporótʹ",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запоро́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chingar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 1 90 6",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pang",
          "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
          "word": "พัง"
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          "ref": "2000, Bob Gookin, The President's Man (television production), spoken by Joshua McCord (Chuck Norris)",
          "text": "Let me finish… you screwed up, but you screwed up for the right reasons. You're going to make mistakes, but it's how you deal with those mistakes, that's going to make the difference.",
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        "(intransitive, colloquial) To blunder; to make a mistake."
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          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "word": "errar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "word": "encertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "word": "tyriä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "word": "möhliä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "word": "mämmätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "word": "gaffer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "foirer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "word": "errare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "word": "sbagliare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "word": "erro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 1 3 3 86",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "spieprzyć"
        },
        {
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}
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      "sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
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      "word": "skrue fast"
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      "word": "ruuvata kiinni"
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      "word": "zuschrauben"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
      "word": "verschrauben"
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      "sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
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      "sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
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      "sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
      "word": "kiristää äärimmilleen"
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      "sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
      "word": "dichtknijpen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
      "word": "vääntää"
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      "sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
      "word": "verziehen"
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      "sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
      "word": "kupi"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "zbodat"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
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      "word": "podělat"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "dumme sig"
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      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
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      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "möhliä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "mämmätä"
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      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
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      "word": "foirer"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "vermurksen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "verpfuschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "verhunzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "verkorksen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "ruinieren"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "elront"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "elszúr"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "elfuserál"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "eltol"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spieprzyć"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "cagar no pau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaporótʹ",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запоро́ть"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "tags": [
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        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "chingar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pang",
      "sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
      "word": "พัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "errar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "encertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "tyriä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "möhliä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "mämmätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "gaffer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "foirer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "errare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "sbagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "erro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "spieprzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "errar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cagar no pau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naportáčitʹ",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "напорта́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "meter la pata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cagarla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "errar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
      "word": "marrar"
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  "word": "screw up"
}

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