torpeza

f.

1 clumsiness (falta de destreza, tacto).

fue una torpeza hacerlo/decirlo it was a clumsy thing to do/say

2 slowness (falta de inteligencia).

3 dumb act, silly act, clumsy action.

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torpeza

► nombre femenino

1 (falta de habilidad) clumsiness, awkwardness

2 (mental) dimness, stupidity

3 (de movimiento) slowness, heaviness

4 (error) blunder

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cometer una torpeza to make a blunder

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SF

1) (=falta de agilidad) [de persona] clumsiness; [de movimientos] ungainliness

2) (=falta de inteligencia) dimness, slowness

3) (=falta de tacto)

¡menuda torpeza la tuya! has ofendido a toda la familia — that was really tactless o clumsy of you, you've offended the whole family!

fue una torpeza por mi parte decírselo — it was stupid o clumsy of me to tell him

4) (=tontería)

cometer una torpeza — to do sth stupid

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femenino

1) (cualidad)

a) (en las acciones) clumsiness; (al andar) awkwardness

b) (falta de inteligencia) stupidity

perdona mi torpeza, pero no entiendo — I'm sorry to be so stupid o dim, but I don't understand

c) (falta de tacto) clumsiness

2) (dicho desacertado) gaffe; (acción desacertada) blunder

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= clumsiness, cumbersomeness.

Ex. But the old printers were men who got on each other's nerves and lost their tempers; who had moments of disastrous clumsiness; and who improvised and botched without hesitation whenever their tools or materials did not precisely meet the needs of the moment.

Ex. Such a huge file is only useful, given what we know about the cumbersomeness of the present card catalog, when one has an electronic means of sorting and searching.

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femenino

1) (cualidad)

a) (en las acciones) clumsiness; (al andar) awkwardness

b) (falta de inteligencia) stupidity

perdona mi torpeza, pero no entiendo — I'm sorry to be so stupid o dim, but I don't understand

c) (falta de tacto) clumsiness

2) (dicho desacertado) gaffe; (acción desacertada) blunder

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= clumsiness, cumbersomeness.

Ex: But the old printers were men who got on each other's nerves and lost their tempers; who had moments of disastrous clumsiness; and who improvised and botched without hesitation whenever their tools or materials did not precisely meet the needs of the moment.

Ex: Such a huge file is only useful, given what we know about the cumbersomeness of the present card catalog, when one has an electronic means of sorting and searching.

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torpeza

feminine

A (cualidad)

1 (en las acciones) clumsiness; (al andar) awkwardness

2 (falta de inteligencia) stupidity

perdona mi torpeza, pero no entiendo I'm sorry to be so stupid o slow o dim, but I don't understand

3 (falta de tacto) clumsiness

B (dicho desacertado) gaffe; (acción desacertada) blunder

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torpeza sustantivo femenino
1 (cualidad)

a) (en las acciones) clumsiness

b) (falta de inteligencia) stupidity;

◊ perdona mi torpeza, pero no entiendo I'm sorry to be so stupid o dim, but I don't understand

c) (falta de tacto) clumsiness

2 (dicho desacertado) gaffe;
(acción desacertada) blunder
torpeza sustantivo femenino
1 (falta de habilidad, de tacto) clumsiness
(en el andar, etc) awkwardness, slowness
2 (equivocación) blunder, mistake
3 (de entendimiento) stupidity
'torpeza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rienda
- turbar
- turbación
English:
clumsiness
- ungainliness

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torpeza nf

1. [falta de destreza] clumsiness

2. [falta de tacto] clumsiness;

tuvimos problemas por su torpeza al llevar el tema we had problems because of her clumsy handling of the issue

3. [acción inconveniente]

fue una torpeza hacerlo/decirlo it was a clumsy thing to do/say;

cometer una torpeza to make a blunder

4. [falta de inteligencia] slowness

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torpeza

f

1 clumsiness

2 (necedad) stupidity

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torpeza nf

1) : clumsiness, awkwardness

2) : stupidity

3) : blunder