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mix-up

also mix·up (mĭks′ŭp′)

1. A state or an instance of confusion; a muddle: a bureaucratic mix-up.

2. Informal A fight or melee.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

mix-up

1. a confused condition or situation

2. informal a fight

vb (tr, adverb)

3. to make into a mixture: to mix up ingredients.

4. to confuse or confound: Tom mixes John up with Bill.

5. (often passive) to put (someone) into a state of confusion: I'm all mixed up.

6. (foll by: in or with; usually passive) to involve (in an activity or group, esp one that is illegal): why did you get mixed up in that drugs racket?.

7. mix it up informal US and Canadian to fight

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mix-up

(ˈmɪksˌʌp)

n.

1. a state of confusion.

2. a fight.

[1835–45]

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Noun

mix-up - a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"

confusion

error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

mix-up

noun confusion, mistake, misunderstanding, mess, tangle, muddle, jumble, fankle (Scot.) a mix-up over travel arrangements

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mix-up

also mixup
noun

A lack of order or regular arrangement:

chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble.

Slang: snafu.

Translations

mix-up

[ˈmɪksˈʌp] N → lío m, confusión f
there was a mix-up over the tickets → hubo un lío or una confusión con las entradas
we got in a mix-up with the trains → nos hicimos un lío con los trenes

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mix-up

n → Durcheinander nt; there seemed to be some mix-up about which train … → es schien völlig unklar, welchen Zug …; there must have been a mix-up → da muss irgendetwas schiefgelaufen sein (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mix-up

[ˈmɪksˈʌp] n (fam) → confusione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mix

(miks) verb

1. to put or blend together to form one mass. She mixed the butter and sugar together; He mixed the blue paint with the yellow paint to make green paint.

2. to prepare or make by doing this. She mixed the cement in a bucket.

3. to go together or blend successfully to form one mass. Oil and water don't mix.

4. to go together socially. People of different races were mixing together happily.

noun

1. the result of mixing things or people together. London has an interesting racial mix.

2. a collection of ingredients used to make something. (a) cake-mix.

mixed adjective

1. consisting of different kinds. I have mixed feelings about leaving home; mixed races; a mixed population.

2. done, used etc by people of different sexes. mixed tennis.

ˈmixer noun

a person or thing that mixes; a thing which is used for mixing. an electric food-mixer.

mixture (ˈmikstʃə) noun

1. the result of mixing things or people together. a mixture of eggs, flour and milk.

2. a number of things mixed together and used for a given purpose. The doctor gave the baby some cough mixture.

3. the act of mixing.

ˈmix-up noun

a confused situation etc. a mix-up over the concert tickets.

be mixed up (in, *with)

to be involved. He was mixed up in that burglary / with some drug-takers.

mix up

1. to blend together. I need to mix up another tin of paint.

2. to confuse or muddle. I'm always mixing the twins up.

3. to confuse or upset. You've mixed me up completely with all this information.

mix-up

→ تَشَوّشُ zmatek forveksling Verwechslung μπέρδεμα lío sekaannus confusion zabuna scambio 混同 혼란 verwarring forveksling plątanina confusão неразбериха förväxling ความยุ่งเหยิง karışıklık tình trạng hỗn độn 混淆

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The Professor had evidently noted the road we were to go, for he went on unhesitatingly, but, as for me, I was in quite a mixup as to locality.

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