La Palabra del Día: Torpe
Torpe
clumsy, slow, dim-witted, awkward
Special thanks to RabbitWho for the idea for this word
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Soy un pelín torpe, así que tal vez eso fuera la razón por la que no era atlético cuando estaba en el colegio.
I’m a tad clumsy, so that is probably the reason I was not athletic when I was in school.
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When I searched Google for images of dimwits, the results made me laugh.
Cuando busqué en Google por las imágenes de los torpes, los resultados me hicieron reír.
Comprendo a la dama . Fui muchas veces tan torpe que al nuestros viajes al extranjero llevé conservas, pero no abrelatas, confiando en mi navaja suiza. En fin recogí una colección buena de abrelatas de países diferentes.
I understand the lady. I was many times so dim-witted that on our journeys abroad I have carried tins but no can opener , trusting my swiss army knife. In the end I have gathered quite an nice collection of tin openers from different countries.
Generalmente se considera que el perezoso es un animal muy torpe, pero no obstante, este animal consigue sobrevivir sigue sobreviendo en su medio ambiente natural.
Generally sloths are considered to be very slow and clumsy animals, but nonetheless, they continue to survive in their natural environment.
Una amiga íntima es alguien con quien puedes compartir un silencio torpe en comodidad.
A close friend is someone with whom you can share an awkward silence in comfort.
Turtles are slow, awkward and clumsy, but not dim-witted!
Las tortugas son lentas, torpes y patosos patosas, ¡pero no lerdos lerdas!
Nunca he visto a un gato torpe,entonces....¿Porqué necesitan nueve vidas?
I have never seen a clumsy cat,so....Why do they need nine lives?
Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. But what we like is to be a man's last romance.
Los hombres siempre quieren ser el primer amor de una mujer. Esa es su tonta vanidad. Pero lo que nos gusta es ser el último romance de un hombre. 
I'm very clumsy, so I don't usually go skating.
Soy muy torpe, así que no suelo ir a patinar.
Mi amigo es un poco torpe. Sigue tropezando con algo todo el tiempo.
My friend is a bit clumsy. He goes on tripping over something all the time.
Creo que los animales más torpes en la naturaleza son las jirafas. Cuando quieren beber agua no se arrodillan ante el agua sino que se estiran las piernas delanteras al máximo hacia fuera y tratan de alcanzar el charco así con su cuello largo.
I think giraffes are the most clumsy animals in nature. When they want to drink water thy don't bend down before the water but stretch their front legs outward and wide apart and try to reach the puddle that way with their long neck.
Le compadezco del hombre en el anuncio de Geiko, siempre me parece mas amable que torpe.
I feel sorry for the man in the Geiko ad, he always seems more kind than dim-witted.
"So simple even a caveman can do it."
"Tan facil hasta un hombre de las cavernas podría hacerlo."
No conozco a ningún príncipe, pero en verdad no creo que sean menos torpes que otros hombres, sino que fueron criados mejor que lo demás y esconden su torpeza en una manera mejor.
I don't personally know any princes but I don't really think they are less crude than other men, I just think they have been better brought up, and hide their crudity in a better way.
Algunas personas inteligentes son torpe socialmente.
Some intelligent people are socially awkward.
From Sherlock, created and written by Steven Moffat of Dr. Who fame.
Una vez, mi mejor amiga era encuestadora del censo y iba a una colinia nudista para contar personas. Cuando abrió la puerta de la primera casa, supo la verdad y le sintío muy torpe allí.
One time, my best friend was a census taker and she was in a nudist colony to count people. When she opened the door of the first house, she found out the truth and she felt very awkward there.
¡Qué suerte! Estábamos perdiendo pero afortunadamente su portero tenía torpe con las manos.
With Cordobesa's corrections:
¡Tuvísteis suerte! Estábamos perdiendo pero afortunadamente su portero era torpe con las manos
What luck! We were losing but fortunately their goalkeeper messed up.
