tropezón

m.

stumble, misstep, trip, stumbling.

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tropezón

► nombre masculino

1 (traspié) trip, stumble

2 figurado (error) slip-up, faux pas

3 familiar (de comida) chunk of food

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a tropezones figurado in fits and starts

dar un tropezón to trip

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noun m.

stumble

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SM

1) (=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] lapse

3) pl tropezones (Culin) small pieces of food added to soup

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masculino

a) (acción de tropezar) stumble

dio un tropezón y cayó — he stumbled and fell

a tropezones — (fam) in fits and starts

b) (equivocación) mistake, slip

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= stumble.

Ex. His stumbles and missed opportunities were made up for by his signing of the agreement in 1990.

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* andar a tropezones = stumble.

* a tropezones = falteringly, hesitantly, haltingly, jerkily.

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masculino

a) (acción de tropezar) stumble

dio un tropezón y cayó — he stumbled and fell

a tropezones — (fam) in fits and starts

b) (equivocación) mistake, slip

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= 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.

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tropezón

masculine

A

1 (acción de tropezar) stumble

dio un tropezón y cayó he stumbled o tripped and fell

a tropezones (fam); in fits and starts

2 (equivocación) mistake, slip

B (Coc) small piece of meat or seafood added to soup, etc

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tropezón sustantivo masculino

a) (acción de tropezar) stumble;

◊ dio un tropezón y cayó he stumbled and fell;

a tropezones (fam) in fits and starts

b) (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

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tropezón nm

1. [con los pies] trip, stumble;

dar un tropezón to trip up, to stumble;

a tropezones [hablar] haltingly;

[moverse] in fits and starts

2. [desacierto] slip-up, mistake

3. Culin

tropezones = finely chopped ham, boiled egg etc added as a garnish to soups or other dishes

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tropezón

m

1 trip, stumble;

dar un tropezón trip, stumble;

a tropezones in fits and starts

2

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tropezones mpl pieces of meat or vegetable added to soup

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tropezón nm, pl -zones

1) : stumble

2) : mistake, slip

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tropezón n

dar un tropezón to trip [pt. & pp. tripped]