screw up

screw up
1) (to twist or wrinkle (the face or features): The baby screwed up its face and began to cry.) arrugar, torcer
2) (to crumple: She screwed up the letter.) estrujar, arrugar
3) ((slang) to bungle; to make a mess of: He screwed up again; Plan it carefully - I don't want you to screw things up.) meter la pata, cagarla
Sense I
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
(tighten) \<\<bolt\>\> apretar*
2) (crumple) \<\<letter/paper\>\> arrugar*, estrujar

he screwed the envelope up into a ball — hizo una bola con el sobre

3) (make nervous, confused) (colloq) (usu pass) poner* neurótico (fam)

he's very screwed up — (permanent characteristic) tiene muchos traumas

4) (spoil, botch) (sl) fastidiar (fam)

I really screwed up the exam — de verdad que metí la pata en el examen (fam)

Sense II
5) v + adv (bungle a situation) (sl) cagarla* (vulg)
1. VT + ADV
1) [+ paper, material] arrugar

to screw up one's eyes — arrugar el entrecejo

to screw up one's face — torcer la cara

to screw up one's courage — (fig) armarse de valor

to screw o.s. up to do sth — armarse de valor para hacer algo

2) [+ screw] atornillar; [+ nut] apretar

to screw sth up tight — atornillar algo bien fuerte

3) * (=ruin) fastidiar, joder ***, fregar (LAm), chingar (Mex) ***

the experience really screwed him up — la experiencia lo dejó completamente hecho polvo

2. VI + ADV
1) (by turning)

it will screw up tighter than that — se puede apretar todavía más

2) (US)
*

he really screwed up this time — esta vez sí que lo fastidió or (LAm) fregó

* * *
Sense I
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
(tighten) \<\<bolt\>\> apretar*
2) (crumple) \<\<letter/paper\>\> arrugar*, estrujar

he screwed the envelope up into a ball — hizo una bola con el sobre

3) (make nervous, confused) (colloq) (usu pass) poner* neurótico (fam)

he's very screwed up — (permanent characteristic) tiene muchos traumas

4) (spoil, botch) (sl) fastidiar (fam)

I really screwed up the exam — de verdad que metí la pata en el examen (fam)

Sense II
5) v + adv (bungle a situation) (sl) cagarla* (vulg)

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