muddle
1 verb (also muddle up) confuse sth TRANSITIVEcuir trí chéile he muddled up the instructions chuir sé na treoracha trí chéileit muddles the situation a bit cuireann sé cúrsaí trí chéile beagán, déanann sé cúrsaí ábhairín casta 2 verb (also muddle up) confuse sth with sth else TRANSITIVEmeasc verb I muddled the figures chuaigh mé amú sna figiúirí, mheasc mé na figiúiríthey muddle up astrologers with astronomers meascann siad astralaithe le réalteolaithedon't muddle RAM with ROM ná measc RAM agus ROMTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb (also muddle up) confuse sb TRANSITIVEmearbhall a chur ar cuir trí chéile cuir amú the rules just muddle them ní dhéanann na rialacha ach mearbhall a chur orthu, ní dhéanann na rialacha ach iad a chur trí chéileit's easy to get muddled up about dates is furasta a bheith trí chéile ag dátaí, tá sé éasca dul amú le dátaí 4 noun confused situationmeascán mearaí there was some muddle over payment bhí meascán mearaí éigin ann maidir le híocaíochtthe strategy is an awful muddle tá an straitéis trí chéile ar fad, tá an straitéis ina cíor thuathail, tá an straitéis ina cocstí 5 noun mental confusionmearbhall masc1 his mind is in a muddle tá mearbhall air, tá sé trí chéile, tá sé mearaitheshe got into a muddle over the accounts d'fhág na cuntais trí chéile ar fad í, chuaigh na cuntais sa mhuileann uirthi