Polyglot Dictionary

desarrumar

/dezaxuˈmaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
desarrumo
preterite (eu)
desarrumei
past participle
desarrumado

Meaning

  1. to mess up

    • Desarrumou tudo.

      He messed everything up.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

bagunçar

bagunçar is the general everyday word for messing up; desarrumar specifically means to disarrange or untidy something that was tidy.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

desarreglar

desarreglar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to mess up."

Spanish

desordenar

desordenar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to mess up."

Practice

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