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blunder(
bluhn
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duhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (mistake)
a. la metida de pata (F) (Latin America)
(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).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Telling him where we had put the money was a real blunder.Fue una auténtica metida de pata decirle dónde habíamos guardado la plata.
b. la metedura de pata (F) (Spain)
(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).
Regionalism used in Spain
What a blunder! He called his fiancée by his ex-wife's name!¡Qué metedura de pata! ¡Llamó a su novia por el nombre de su ex!
c. la pifia (F) (colloquial)
(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).
What a blunder by the goalkeeper! The ball went straight through his hands into the net.¡Qué pifia por parte del portero! El balón le pasó entre las manos y acabó en la red.
d. la regada (F) (colloquial) (Mexico)
(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 Mexico
It was the biggest blunder of my life.Fue la regada más grande de mi vida.
f. la estupidez (F)
(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).
That was probably the worst blunder Sonia could have made.Esa fue probablemente la estupidez más grande que Sonia podría haber cometido.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. meter la pata
It was a perfect plan, but the murderer blundered by leaving a fingerprint in the room.Era un plan perfecto, pero el asesino metió la pata al dejar una huella digital en el cuarto.
b. cometer un error
Cook is normally a good player so it's unusual for him to blunder badly like that.Cook típicamente es buen jugador así que es muy raro que cometa un error garrafal de ese tipo.
c. hacer una estupidez
I'm sorry. I think I have blundered.Lo siento. Creo que he hecho una estupidez.
d. regarla (colloquial) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
Don really blundered when he sent the message to the wrong cellphone!¡Cómo la regó Don cuando envió el mensaje al celular equivocado!
e. pifiarla (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
The coach blundered with the tactics and we ended up losing the game.El entrenador la pifió con las tácticas y al final perdimos el partido.
f. tirarse una plancha (colloquial) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
Natasha blundered badly in the interview.Natasha se tiró una plancha terrible en la entrevista.
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
I wasn't looking and I blundered into the table.No estaba mirando y tropecé con la mesa.
When the lights went out, we blundered around in the dark looking for the exit.Cuando se apagaron las luces, estuvimos dando tumbos buscando la salida.
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