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butterfingers
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (colloquial) (clumsy person)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el torpe (M), la torpe (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
How is that butterfingers going to be able to play catcher?¿Cómo va a poder jugar de receptor ese torpe?
b. el manazas (M), la manazas (F) (colloquial) (Spain)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
I don't trust the butterfingers roofing my house. He dropped a hammer on my windshield yesterday.No confío en el manazas que está techando mi casa. Ayer se le cayó un martillo en el parabrisas de mi auto.
c. el patoso (M), la patosa (F) (colloquial) (Spain)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
The mover was a butterfingers. He broke several of my antiques.El agente de mudanzas era un patoso. Rompió varios de mis antigüedades.
2. (colloquial) (tendency to drop things)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. manos de mantequilla (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
I got my daughter an OtterBox because she has butterfingers.Le compré a mi hija un OtterBox porque tiene manos de mantequilla.
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