stuff up

meter la pata

Cometer un error grave al hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: To make a serious mistake while doing something.

• I stuffed up again.
• The goalkeeper stuffed up, and we lost the match.
• Did you stuff up when you added the numbers?

Sinónimos: mess up, blunder

Expresiones frecuentes: really stuff up, stuff up badly

estropear, arruinar

Dañar algo, arruinar una situación o hacer que alguien se sienta mal físicamente.

En inglés sencillo: To damage something, spoil a situation, or make someone feel unwell.

• Don't stuff up my plans.
• The wrong settings stuffed up the computer.
• Too much drink will stuff you up before tomorrow's trip.

Cómo se usa: stuff something/someone up (The delay stuffed our plans up.)

Sinónimos: mess up, ruin, spoil

Antónimos: fix

Expresiones frecuentes: stuff up something, stuff up someone's plans

taponar, congestionar

Obstruir el interior de la nariz y dificultar la respiración por ella.

En inglés sencillo: To block the inside of your nose so that breathing through it becomes difficult.

• My nose is stuffed up.
• Pollen stuffs up her nose every spring.
• Has your cold stuffed up your nose again?

Cómo se usa: be stuffed up (My nose is stuffed up because of my cold.)

Sinónimos: block, clog up

Antónimos: clear, unblock

Expresiones frecuentes: stuff up someone's nose, stuff up something