sekoittaa

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • to mix; to stir
  • to mess up, untidy, disorder to make a mess of by disturbing the order of it
  • to mess up, spoil, ruin to cause a problem with
  • to shuffle to put in a random order, e.g. playing cards
  • to upset, disturb, disrupt to adversely alter
  • to confuse, mix up (one thing with another)
  • (idiomatic) to blow, in the expression sekoittaa jonkun pää ("blow someone's to blow someone's mind")

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish seka- (mixed).

Origin

Finnish

seka-

Gloss

mixed

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