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WordReference English-Polish Dictionary © 2026:
mess around,
UK: also mess about vi phrasal | informal (be frivolous) | grzebać się zwr. ndk. |
| | | wygrzebać się zwr. dk. |
| | Stop messing around and let's discuss this seriously. |
mess around,
UK: also mess about vi phrasal | informal (be unproductive) (potoczny) | wydurniać się zwr. ndk. |
| | (potoczny) | wydurnić się zwr. dk. |
| | My husband is messing around in the garage - I've no idea what he's doing in there. |
mess around with [sth],
also UK: mess about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (tamper, play with) | grzebać się w czymś zwr. ndk. + przyim. |
| | He enjoyed messing around with boats. |
mess around with [sth],
also UK: mess about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (spoil by fussing) (potoczny) | kombinować z czymś ndk. + przyim. |
| | (potoczny) | manipulować przy czymś ndk. + przyim. |
| | Your painting is fine now; don't mess around with it any more or you will ruin it. |
mess around with [sb],
also UK: mess about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (tease) (slang) | podpuszczać kogoś ndk. |
| | | podpuścić kogoś |
| | Why are you so upset? We were just messing around with you. |
mess around with [sb],
also UK: mess about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (have an affair) (potoczny) | zadawać się z kimś zwr. ndk. + przyim. |
| | (potoczny) | zadać się z kimś zwr. dk. + przyim. |
| | Helen caught her husband messing around with another woman. |
mess [sb] around,
also UK: mess [sb] about vtr phrasal insep | slang (treat disrespectfully) (potoczny) | zawracać komuś głowę zwrot ndk. |
| | I'm sorry to mess you around, but I need to change the date of our meeting. |
mess [sth] up,
mess up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (make untidy) | robić bałagan w czymś zwrot ndk. |
| | | zrobić bałagan w czymś zwrot ndk. |
| | The wind messed up the neat piles of papers, scattering them all over the room. |
| mess up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (make serious mistake) | marnować, psuć ndk. |
| | | zmarnować, zepsuć dk. |
| | This is your last chance, so don't mess up! |
mess [sb] up,
mess up [sb] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (cause emotional problems) | załamywać kogoś ndk. |
| | | załamać kogoś dk. |
| | The death of Charlotte's boyfriend really messed her up. |
| mess with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (anger) (potoczny) | wkurzać kogoś ndk. |
| | | wkurzyć kogoś dk. |
| | Don't mess with Stan because he'll smash your face in. |
| mess with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (tease) (potoczny) | podpuszczać kogoś ndk. |
| | | podpuścić kogoś dk. |
| | It's just so much fun to mess with him! |
| mess with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | slang (meddle with) (potoczny) | mieszać się w coś zwr. ndk. + przyim. |
| | | wtrącać się w coś zwr. ndk. + przyim. |
| | I'm sick of you messing with things that don't concern you! |
| mess with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | slang (tamper) | psuć, gmatwać ndk. |
| | | popsuć, pogmatwać dk. |
| | Don't mess with those papers – I've just put them in order. |
Formy złożone:
mess | mess hall |
WordReference English-Polish Dictionary © 2026:
| a fine mess n | informal (complicated or awkward situation) (kolokwialnie) | niezły klops przym. + m |
| | The lies we told got us into a fine mess when everyone found out the truth. |
| bloody mess n | literal (scene of gore) | jatka ż |
| | The body had been horrifically mutilated, it was a bloody mess. |
| bloody mess n | UK, slang (untidy place) (slang) | burdel m |
| | This place is a bloody mess, it hasn't been tidied in weeks. |
| bloody mess n | UK, slang (incompetent or poor job) (slang) | burdel m |
| bloody mess n | potentially offensive, informal, UK (disorder) (slang) | burdel m |
| | The cataloguing system was a bloody mess, you couldn't find anything. |
| have your hair in a mess vi | (be dishevelled) | być rozczochranym posił. + przym. |
| in a mess adj | (untidy, disordered) | zabałaganiony przym. |
| | My son's bedroom is in a mess. |
| in a mess adv | informal (in a difficult situation) | w kłopocie przyim. + m |
| | The World economy is in a mess. |
| make a mess v | (create disorder or dirt) | robić bałagan ndk. + m |
| | | zrobić bałagan dk. + m |
| | You can have your mates round for the evening so long as you promise not to make a mess. |
| make a mess of [sth] v expr | (make [sth] disordered or dirty) | robić bałagan w czymś zwrot ndk. |
| | | zrobić bałagan w czymś zwrot dk. |
| | | bałaganić gdzieś ndk. |
| | | nabałaganić gdzieś dk. |
| | Don't make a mess of my nice clean living room. |
| make a mess of [sth] v expr | (get [sth] wrong) | psuć coś ndk. |
| | | zepsuć coś dk. |
| | The new guy has made a mess of this project; I'm going to have to redo it all. |
| mess kit n | (military: cooking utensils) | niezbędnik m |
| | The troops were standing in line with their mess kits, waiting to eat. |
| mess up vtr | informal (spoil, botch) | marnować, psuć ndk. |
| | | zmarnować, zepsuć dk. |
| | We're expecting company, so don't mess up the house. |
mess up [sb]'s hair,
mess [sb]'s hair up v expr | informal (make [sb]'s hair untidy) | burzyć włosy ndk. + m, l.mn. |
| | | mierzwić włosy ndk. + m, l.mn. |
| | | zmierzwić włosy dk. + m, l.mn. |
| | Don't mess up my hair - I've only just come from the hairdressers! |
| mess with [sth] vi + prep | informal (become involved with) | uwikłać się w coś zwr. dk. + przyim. |
| | When he started messing with drugs, everything went downhill. |
| mess-up n | informal (mistake, blunder) | bałagan m |
| | There was a mess-up with our hotel booking and we had to find somewhere else to stay. |