Kilo Lingo

/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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This word is part of lesson 66.