- tropezón
- m.stumble, misstep, trip, stumbling.* * *tropezón► nombre masculino1 (traspié) trip, stumble2 figurado (error) slip-up, faux pas3 familiar (de comida) chunk of food\FRASEOLOGÍAa tropezones figurado in fits and startsdar un tropezón to trip* * *noun m.stumble* * *SM1) (=traspié) trip, stumble
dar un tropezón — to trip, stumble
hablar a tropezones — to speak jerkily, speak falteringly
proceder a tropezónes — to proceed by fits and starts
2) (=equivocación) slip, blunder; [moral] lapse3) pl tropezones (Culin) small pieces of food added to soup* * *masculinoa) (acción de tropezar) stumbledio un tropezón y cayó — he stumbled and fell
a tropezones — (fam) in fits and starts
b) (equivocación) mistake, slip* * *= stumble.Ex. His stumbles and missed opportunities were made up for by his signing of the agreement in 1990.----* andar a tropezones = stumble.* a tropezones = falteringly, hesitantly, haltingly, jerkily.* * *masculinoa) (acción de tropezar) stumbledio un tropezón y cayó — he stumbled and fell
a tropezones — (fam) in fits and starts
b) (equivocación) mistake, slip* * *= stumble.Ex: His stumbles and missed opportunities were made up for by his signing of the agreement in 1990.
* andar a tropezones = stumble.* a tropezones = falteringly, hesitantly, haltingly, jerkily.* * *tropezónmasculineA1 (acción de tropezar) stumbledio un tropezón y cayó he stumbled o tripped and fella tropezones (fam); in fits and starts2 (equivocación) mistake, slipB (Coc) small piece of meat or seafood added to soup, etc* * *
tropezón sustantivo masculinoa) (acción de tropezar) stumble;◊ dio un tropezón y cayó he stumbled and fell;
a tropezones (fam) in fits and startsb) (equivocación) mistake, slip
tropezón sustantivo masculino
1 (traspié) trip, stumble
dar un tropezón, to stumble, trip
2 (equivocación) slip-up, mistake
'tropezón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
traspié
English:
trip
* * *tropezón nm1. [con los pies] trip, stumble;dar un tropezón to trip up, to stumble;a tropezones [hablar] haltingly;[moverse] in fits and starts2. [desacierto] slip-up, mistake3. Culintropezones = finely chopped ham, boiled egg etc added as a garnish to soups or other dishes* * *tropezónm1 trip, stumble;dar un tropezón trip, stumble;a tropezones in fits and starts2:tropezones mpl pieces of meat or vegetable added to soup* * *tropezón nm, pl -zones1) : stumble2) : mistake, slip* * *tropezón ndar un tropezón to trip [pt. & pp. tripped]
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.