jumble

jumble
1. verb
((often with up or together) to mix or throw together without order: In this puzzle, the letters of all the words have been jumbled (up); His shoes and clothes were all jumbled (together) in the cupboard.) desordenar

2. noun
1) (a confused mixture: He found an untidy jumble of things in the drawer.) revoltijo
2) (unwanted possessions suitable for a jumble sale: Have you any jumble to spare?) trastos, cosas viejas
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jumble1 n
1. revoltijo
a jumble of papers un revoltijo de papeles
2. cosas viejas / trastos
have you got any jumble to throw away? ¿tienes cosas viejas para tirar?
jumble2 vb mezclar / revolver
the letters are all jumbled up, can you arrange them into a word? las letras están mezcladas, ¿puedes ordenarlas y formar una palabra?
El gerundio de jumble se escribe jumbling
jumble
tr['ʤʌmbəl]
noun
1 revoltijo, mezcolanza
transitive verb
1 desordenar
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
jumble sale rastrillo benéfico
jumble ['ʤʌmbəl] vt, -bled ; -bling : mezclar, revolver
jumble n
: revoltijo m, fárrago m, embrollo m
jumble
n.
• bazuqueo s.m.
• confusión s.f.
• jarcia s.f.
• mezcla s.f.
• mezcolanza s.f.
• potaje s.m.
• revoltijo s.m.
v.
• confundir v.
• embarullar v.
• emburujar v.
• mezclar v.
• revolver v.
• trabucar v.

I 'dʒʌmbəl
transitive verb jumble (up) \<\<cards/pieces\>\> mezclar

the clothes were all jumbled up in the drawer — la ropa estaba toda revuelta en el cajón

the instructions had got(ten) jumbled (up) in her mind — se había hecho un embrollo or un lío con las instrucciones


II
noun
a) (no pl) (of clothes, papers) revoltijo m; (of facts, data) embrollo m, confusión f, mezcolanza f
b) u (items for sale) (BrE) cosas fpl usadas
['dʒʌmbl]
1. N
1) [of objects] revoltijo m , batiburrillo m ; (fig) confusión f , embrollo m

a jumble of furniture — un batiburrillo de muebles, un montón de muebles revueltos

a jumble of sounds — unos ruidos confusos

2) (Brit) (at jumble sale) (=old clothes) ropa f usada; (=bric-à-brac) objetos mpl usados
2.
VT (also: jumble together, jumble up) mezclar, amontonar

papers jumbled up together — papeles revueltos

they were just jumbled together anyhow — estaban mezclados or amontonados de cualquier manera

3.
CPD

jumble sale N — (Brit) mercadillo m benéfico (venta de objetos usados con fines benéficos)

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I ['dʒʌmbəl]
transitive verb jumble (up) \<\<cards/pieces\>\> mezclar

the clothes were all jumbled up in the drawer — la ropa estaba toda revuelta en el cajón

the instructions had got(ten) jumbled (up) in her mind — se había hecho un embrollo or un lío con las instrucciones


II
noun
a) (no pl) (of clothes, papers) revoltijo m; (of facts, data) embrollo m, confusión f, mezcolanza f
b) u (items for sale) (BrE) cosas fpl usadas

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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