mezcolanza

f.

1 mishmash(informal).

2 hodgepodge, group of things which do not have much in common, mixed bag, mixture.

3 mixup, blending, farrago, disorganized combination.

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mezcolanza

► nombre femenino

1 mixture, hotchpotch

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SF hotchpotch, hodgepodge (EEUU), jumble

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femenino (pey)

una mezcolanza de francés y español — a peculiar mixture o (colloq) mishmash of French and Spanish

una mezcolanza de estilos diferentes — a hodgepodge (AmE) o (BrE) hotchpotch of different styles

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= hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], mash-up, mishmash, melange.

Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.

Ex. It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.

Ex. 'Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.

Ex. We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.

Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

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femenino (pey)

una mezcolanza de francés y español — a peculiar mixture o (colloq) mishmash of French and Spanish

una mezcolanza de estilos diferentes — a hodgepodge (AmE) o (BrE) hotchpotch of different styles

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= hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], mash-up, mishmash, melange.

Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.

Ex: It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.

Ex: 'Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.

Ex: We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.

Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

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mezcolanza

feminine

(pey)

habla una mezcolanza de francés y español he speaks a mishmash (colloq) o peculiar mixture of French and Spanish

¿cómo pretendes que encuentre algo en esta mezcolanza? how do you expect me to find anything in this mess o muddle o jumble of things?

es una mezcolanza de estilos muy diferentes it is a hodgepodge (AmE) o (BrE) hotchpotch of very different styles

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mezcolanza sustantivo femenino (pey) hodgepodge (esp AmE), hotchpotch (BrE)
mezcolanza, mescolanza f fam hotchpotch, mishmash, jumble: a esa fiesta acudió una extraña mezcolanza de invitados, a motley group of guests attended that party
'mezcolanza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mescolanza
English:
mishmash
- ragbag

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mezcolanza, mescolanza nf

Fam mishmash, Br hotchpotch, US hodgepodge;

había una mezcolanza de cosas encima de su mesa there was a jumble of things on her desk;

su música es una mezcolanza de estilos his music is a Br hotchpotch o US hodgepodge of styles

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mezcolanza

f fam

jumble

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mezcolanza nf

: jumble, hodgepodge