/ˈtoɾpe/
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Translation
clumsy
Word origin
From Latin turpis ('ugly, shameful, base'). The same root gives English 'turpitude'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- turpis
- English cognates
- turpitude
Grammar
Masc pluraltorpes
Examples
tropiezo .
I am very clumsy and I always trip over everything.
.
With cold hands I become rather clumsy.
delató.
It was a clumsy movement that gave him away.
, cristal.
Do not be clumsy with the glass, it is made of crystal.
sonaron sinceras.
His apologies sounded clumsy and not very sincere.
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