mess up

gâcher, abîmer

Faire échouer quelque chose ou l’empêcher de fonctionner correctement.

En anglais simple : To make something go wrong or stop working properly.

• Do not mess up my plans.
• The update messed up my computer.
• Have I messed everything up?

Comment l'utiliser : mess something up (Changing that setting could mess the system up.)

Synonymes : spoil, ruin

Contraires : fix

Expressions courantes : mess up something, mess up plans, mess up settings

se tromper, faire une erreur

Faire une erreur ou ne pas réussir à faire quelque chose correctement.

En anglais simple : To make a mistake or fail to do something well.

• Everyone can mess up sometimes.
• I messed up and missed the deadline.
• What if I mess up during the interview?

Synonymes : make a mistake, get it wrong

Expressions courantes : mess up again, mess up badly, mess up sometimes

mettre en désordre, salir

Rendre quelque chose sale ou désordonné, ou déranger ce qui était bien rangé.

En anglais simple : To make something dirty, untidy, or no longer neatly arranged.

• Do not mess up my room.
• The rain messed up her hair.
• Who has messed the clean kitchen up?

Comment l'utiliser : mess something up (The wind messed my hair up.)

Synonymes : mess, make a mess of, dirty

Contraires : tidy, clean

Expressions courantes : mess up hair, mess up something, mess up clothes

rater, bâcler

Faire une tâche précise de manière incorrecte ou mal la réaliser.

En anglais simple : To do a particular task badly or incorrectly.

• Do not mess up the test.
• She messed up her first interview.
• I always mess up this dance.

Comment l'utiliser : mess something up (I was nervous and messed my speech up.)

Synonymes : botch, bungle

Expressions courantes : mess up something, mess up a test, mess up a speech

déconcentrer, perturber

Faire commettre des erreurs à quelqu’un en l’interrompant ou en détournant son attention.

En anglais simple : To make someone make mistakes by interrupting or distracting them.

• Stop talking; you mess me up.
• The loud music messed her up while she counted.
• Did my questions mess you up?

Comment l'utiliser : mess someone up (Your shouting is messing me up.)

Synonymes : distract, put off

Expressions courantes : mess someone up, mess up someone

blesser, abîmer

Blesser une personne ou abîmer une partie de son corps.

En anglais simple : To hurt a person or damage a part of their body.

• A fall can mess up your knee.
• He messed up his ankle playing football.
• The crash messed her up badly.

Comment l'utiliser : mess something up (That fall messed my shoulder up.)

Synonymes : injure, hurt, damage

Expressions courantes : mess someone up, mess up an ankle, mess up a knee