verb · transitive · rare

botch

botch · botches · botched · botching

засмучувати, засмутити, розсердити

испортить, запороть, накосячить, запарывать

verderben, schlampen, pfuschen, verpatzen

To perform in an incompetent or unacceptable mannerTo perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.

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UK/bɒt͡ʃ/US/bɑt͡ʃ/

» Tom hopes he didn't botch the job.

Tom hofft, dass er nicht alles vermasselt hat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.
verderben, verpfuschen, vermasseln
запоро́тьzaporótʹ, запа́рыватьzapáryvatʹ, испо́ртитьispórtitʹ
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
(transitive)To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily.
pfuschen, stümpern, schlampen
накосячитьnakosjačitʹ
(transitive)To mend or repair (something) clumsily.

Examples

40 sentences

Tom hopes he didn't botch the job.
deTom hofft, dass er nicht alles vermasselt hat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom hopes he doesn't botch the job.
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I hope I don't botch the job.
ruНадеюсь, я не запорю работу. — marafon
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Tom hopes that he doesn't botch the job.
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I hope that I don't botch the job.
ruНадеюсь, я не запорю работу. — marafon
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner:

to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner:

to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily:

Origin

From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bō

From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), related to boot, or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Doublet of bodge.

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