muddle in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for muddle in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.muddle [Brit ˈmʌd(ə)l, Am ˈmədl] N

1. muddle (mess):

muddle (of papers)

disordine m

muddle (of string)

ingarbugliamento m

muddle (in administration) fig

pasticcio m

muddle (in administration) fig

imbroglio m

my documents are in a muddle

i miei documenti sono tutti mischiati

the clients' records have got into a terrible muddle

i dossier dei clienti sono tutti terribilmente in disordine

what a muddle!

che pasticcio!

your financial affairs are in a muddle

i vostri affari sono molto ingarbugliati

2. muddle (mix-up):

muddle

pasticcio m

there was a muddle over my hotel reservation

hanno fatto un pasticcio con la mia prenotazione all'albergo

3. muddle (mental confusion):

to be in a muddle

essere confuso

to be in a muddle over or about

avere le idee confuse a proposito di

to get into a muddle

fare confusione

II.muddle [Brit ˈmʌd(ə)l, Am ˈmədl] VB trans

muddle → muddle up

See also muddle up

I.muddle up VB [ˈmʌd(ə)l -] (muddle [sth] up, muddle up [sth]) (disorder)

muddle up papers

mettere in disordine

muddle up string

ingarbugliare

II.muddle up VB [ˈmʌd(ə)l -] (muddle [sb] up) (confuse)

muddle up person

confondere le idee a

to get sth muddled up dates, names

fare confusione di

I got you muddled up with Martin

ti ho preso per or ti ho confuso con Martin

I.muddle up VB [ˈmʌd(ə)l -] (muddle [sth] up, muddle up [sth]) (disorder)

muddle up papers

mettere in disordine

muddle up string

ingarbugliare

II.muddle up VB [ˈmʌd(ə)l -] (muddle [sb] up) (confuse)

muddle up person

confondere le idee a

to get sth muddled up dates, names

fare confusione di

I got you muddled up with Martin

ti ho preso per or ti ho confuso con Martin

muddle along VB [ˈmʌd(ə)l -]

muddle along

tirare avanti

muddle-headed [Brit, Am ˌmədlˈhɛdəd] ADJ

muddle-headed person

dalle idee confuse

muddle-headed attempt, idea, plan

confuso

he's rather muddle-headed

è un po' tonto

muddle through VB [ˈmʌd(ə)l -]

muddle through

cavarsela alla meno peggio

Translations for muddle in the Italian»English Dictionary

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farragine

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scombussolio

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scombinato (scombinata)

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muddle in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for muddle in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.muddle [ˈmʌ·dl] VB trans

1. muddle (mix up):

muddle

mettere in disordine

2. muddle (confuse):

muddle

confondere

II.muddle [ˈmʌ·dl] VB intr

to muddle along

tirare avanti

III.muddle [ˈmʌ·dl] N

muddle

desordine m

to get into a muddle

fare una gran confusione

muddle-headed [ˈmʌ·dl·ˌhe·dɪd] ADJ

muddle-headed

che ha le idee confuse

Translations for muddle in the Italian»English Dictionary

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guazzabuglio

muddle

groviglio

muddle

confusionario (-a) (persona)

muddle-headed

muddle Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to muddle along

tirare avanti

to get into a muddle

fare una gran confusione

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He is a prig with an instinct for grandeur that at once muddles his statements and endows them with an ineffable grandiosity.

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They solve crises by muddling through, and if they fall in love with the girl (also never described), it's incidental.

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However, switching jackets muddles the bibliographical record and creates a forgery of sorts.

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The synthesising of the call means that only one bat call can be reproduced at a time and a muddle is caused by simultaneous calls.

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The shirt gets muddled up with a workmans overall.

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But we are going to have to muddle through for a while and see what we do.

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Prey luring in general is a field muddled by false identification.

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But genetic recombination (chromosomal crossover) mixes genes from non-sister chromatids from both parents during meiosis, thus muddling the ancestry path.

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If anything, the decision is likely to simply muddle the interesting philosophical questions and make it more difficult to make real progress on privacy issues.

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We in our muddle-headedness want neither it nor the alternative war.

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