Translation
clumsy
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Word origin
From Latin turpis ('ugly, shameful, base'). The same root gives English 'turpitude'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- turpis
- English cognates
- turpitude
Grammar
Examples
tropiezo .
I am very clumsy and I always trip over everything.
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With cold hands I become rather clumsy.
delató.
It was a clumsy movement that gave him away.
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Do not be clumsy with the glass, it is made of crystal.
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His apologies sounded clumsy and not very sincere.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 35, lesson 12: torpe, escondite, partícula and 6 more words.