jumble

[/ˈdʒʌmbəl/]

verb/nounpl: jumbles

confundir, misturar, bagunça

1. (verb) to mix things together in a confused or disordered way

The papers got jumbled in the drawer.

Os papéis ficaram confundidos na gaveta.

2. (verb) to put things together without order or organization

Don't jumble the files together.

Não misture os arquivos juntos.

3. (noun) a confused mixture or collection of things

Her desk was a complete jumble of books and notes.

Sua mesa era uma completa bagunça de livros e anotações.

4. (noun) a word puzzle where letters are scrambled

I solved the jumble in the newspaper.

Resolvi o quebra-cabeça de letras embaralhadas no jornal.

NYC Slang

mess up, scramble

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

bagunçar, misturar, confundir

commonly used in everyday speech

São Paulo

bagunçar

informal and very common

Rio de Janeiro

misturar, bagunçar

both terms equally used

Portugal

confundir, baralhar, misturar

baralhar is more commonly used in European Portuguese

jumble sale (British: a sale of miscellaneous secondhand items)

jumble together (to combine multiple things confusedly)

in a jumble (in a confused or disorganized state)

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