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mess

nounfeminineinformal/tɾɐpɐˈʎaðɐ/medium

tra·pa·lha·da

Definition

A confused, disordered, or embarrassing situation.
The house move was a total mess.
He got himself into a mess by not reading the instructions.
Common collocations
big messget into a messmake a mess

Etymology

De trapalhão + sufixo -ada.

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