What is a hotchpotch (mezcolanza, batiburrillo)?
A hotchpotch is a confusing or uncoordinated (descoordinado) mixture of things or mortals (mortales). Another phrase that means the same is “mixed bag”.
Contemplate these examples.
- The ballet performance was a hotchpotch (= mixed bag) of different styles and composers (compositores).
- The policies of the government are a hotchpotch of half-formed policies and ideas (…una mezcolanza de políticas e ideas incompletas).
- From the president we always have a hotchpotch of vague statements (…declaraciones vagas).
A hotchpotch is also a type of stew (estofado), a mixture of many ingredients (meat, fish, vegetables) and originates from Scotland.
So, sometimes mortals have hotchpotch for lunch, and preside over (preside) a hotchpotch of policies. What do you opine?
