torpeza

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torpeza
feminine noun
1clumsiness (falta de destreza, tacto)
  • fue una torpeza hacerlo/decirlo -> it was a clumsy thing to do/say
2slowness (falta de inteligencia)

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torpeza [tor-pay’-thah]
noun
1Heaviness, dulness, rudeness. (f)
2Torpidness, torpor; slowness. (f)
3Impurity, unchastity, lewdness, obscenity. (f)
4Want of ornament or culture. (f)
5Rudeness, ugliness. (f)
  • Fue una torpeza mía -> it was tactless of me

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torpeza
sustantivo:femenino
1 (falta de agilidad) [de persona] clumsiness; [de movimientos] ungainliness
2 (falta de inteligencia) dimness; slowness
3 (falta de tacto)
¡menuda torpeza la tuya! has ofendido a toda la familia that was really tactless clumsy of you, you've offended the whole family!;o fue una torpeza por mi parte decírselo it was stupid clumsy of me to tell him;o
4 (tontería)
cometer una torpeza to do sth stupid

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