Definition
Confused, distorted, or unclear because information got mixed up or corrupted during transmission or communication.
Etymology
From Middle English and Old Italian 'garbellare' (to sift), originally referring to cleaning grain. By the 16th century, it evolved to mean 'to confuse or mix up' information, like badly sifting through data.
Kelly Says
The game of 'telephone' is basically intentional garbling—your brain naturally reconstructs incomplete or unclear messages by filling in blanks with what it expects to hear, which is why rumors spread so easily.
Translations
ARالعربية
مختلط
mokhtalath
BNবাংলা
বিশৃঙ্খল
bi-shr-inkhal
CACatalà
desordre
de-zor-dre
CSČeština
zkroucený
z-kroo-cheh-nee
DADansk
forvrænget
for-VREHNG-et
DEDeutsch
verwirrt
ver-VEE-r-t
ELΕλληνικά
παραμορφωμένος
pa-ra-mor-foh-men-os
ESEspañol
desgarbado
des-gar-BA-doh
FAفارسی
گمراه کننده
gom-ra-heh-keh-neh
FISuomi
sekaisin
se-kai-sin
FRFrançais
déformé
deh-FOH-may
GUGU
પ્રતિકૃતિ
pri-ti-kru-ti
HUMagyar
összekeverve
ossze-ke-ve-ve
IDBahasa Indonesia
berantakan
ber-an-ta-kan
ITItaliano
confuso
kon-FOO-so
KMKM
បាត់បង់
ba-t bat-bong
KO한국어
뒤죽박죽
dwi-juk-bak-juk
MSBahasa Melayu
bercampur
ber-kam-pur
NLNederlands
verwarrend
ver-WAR-rend
NONorsk
forvranget
for-VREHNG-et
PLPolski
zniekształcony
zh-nee-skh-VAT-choh-nee
PTPortuguês
embrulhado
em-BROO-la-doh
RORomână
împăturit
im-pa-TOO-rit
RUРусский
перепутано
per-e-poo-TA-no
SVSvenska
förvrängd
for-VREHNG-d
SWKiswahili
kufuliwa
koo-foo-lee-wah
TAதமிழ்
குழப்பம்
ku-zha-pam
TEతెలుగు
మేధోపరేషన్
me-dho-pa-re-shan
TRTürkçe
karmaşık
kar-MA-shik
UKУкраїнська
переплутаний
per-e-plu-ta-niy
VITiếng Việt
bối rối
boi-roi
ZUZU
iqinise
ee-ki-ni-seh