botch

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɒt͡ʃ/
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• General-American: /bɑt͡ʃ/
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• rhymes with -ɒtʃ
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• CMU ARPABET: B AA1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нескопосана работа (neskoposana rabota) — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Catalan: bunyol — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Esperanto: fuŝaĵo — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• French: bidouillage — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Galician: chafallada — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• German: Pfusch — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• German: Murks — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Hungarian: kontármunka — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Hungarian: fusermunka — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Irish: praiseach — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Irish: prácás — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Italian: pasticcio — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Italian: pastrocchio — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Italian: guazzabuglio — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Polish: partanina — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Polish: chałtura — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Polish: fuszerka — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Polish: amatorszczyzna — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Portuguese: gambiarra — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Russian: халту́ра (xaltúra) — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Sicilian: mpracchiu — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Sicilian: aciu — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Spanish: chapucería — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Spanish: pifia — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Spanish: churro — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Spanish: mamarracho — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Welsh: traed moch — An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
• Esperanto: fuŝaĵo — a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle
• German: Pfusch — a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle
• Hungarian: kontármunka — a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle
• Hungarian: fusermunka — a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle
• Polish: fuszerka — a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle
• Slovak: nepodarok — a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle
• Spanish: chapuza — a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle
• Esperanto: fuŝaĵo — a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing
• Polish: kwiatek — a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing
• Polish: wielbłąd — a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing
• Spanish: pifia — a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing
• Bulgarian: извършвам нескопосано (izvǎršvam neskoposano) — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Catalan: potinejar — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Dutch: verprutsen — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Esperanto: fuŝi — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Finnish: tunaroida — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• French: saccager — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• French: rater — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• French: bâcler — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• German: verderben — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• German: verpfuschen — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• German: vermasseln — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• German: vermurksen — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• German: vergeigen — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• German: verbocken — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• German: verpatzen — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Hungarian: elfuserál — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Hungarian: elront — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Hungarian: elszúr — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Hungarian: elgányol — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Irish: praiseach a dhéanamh de — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Italian: malfare — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Italian: raffazzonare — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Italian: pasticciare — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Italian: rovinare — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Italian: abborracciare — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Norman: bôtchi — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Polish: partaczyć — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Polish: spartaczyć — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Polish: partolić — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Polish: spartolić — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Polish: fuszerować — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Polish: sfuszerować — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Polish: knocić — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Polish: sknocić — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Portuguese: arruinar — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Romanian: fușeri — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Russian: запоро́ть (zaporótʹ) — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Russian: запа́рывать (zapáryvatʹ) — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Russian: испо́ртить (ispórtitʹ) — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Serbo-Croatian: упропа́стити — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Serbo-Croatian: upropástiti — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Sicilian: mpracchiari — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Sicilian: rattiḍḍijari — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Slovak: zbabrať — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Spanish: desbarrar — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Spanish: chapucear — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Spanish: chambonear — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Welsh: cawlio — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Welsh: poitsio — to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner
• Bulgarian: скърпвам (skǎrpvam) — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Czech: fušovat — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Esperanto: fuŝi — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Finnish: tunaroida — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• French: bâcler — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• French: rater — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• German: pfuschen — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• German: stümpern — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• German: schlampen — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• German: schludern — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• German: murksen — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Hungarian: kontárkodik — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Hungarian: fuserál — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Hungarian: gányol — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Italian: raffazzonare — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Italian: rabberciare — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Norman: bôtchi — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Norwegian Bokmål: slurve — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Portuguese: atrapalhar-se — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Russian: накосячить (nakosjačitʹ) — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Serbo-Croatian: сфушерити — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Serbo-Croatian: sfušeriti — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Sicilian: mpracchiari — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Sicilian: rattiḍḍijari — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Spanish: desbarrar — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Spanish: chapucear — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily
• Spanish: chambonear — to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily