Español > meter la pata: 2 sentidos > verbo 1, cognition| Sentido | make an error. |
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| Sinónimos | colarse, cometer un error, equivocarse |
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| General | confundirse, entender mal, equivocarse, equivocar, errar, fallir, resbalar | To make a mistake or be incorrect |
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| También | confundirse, entender mal, equivocarse, equivocar, errar, fallir, resbalar | To make a mistake or be incorrect |
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| deslizar, patinar, resbalar | Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner |
| Inglés | stumble, slip up, trip up |
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| Nombres | chapucero, chapuzas, desatinado, frangollón, fumbler, incapaz, incompetente, inepto, manazas, negado, patoso, tapagujeros, topo, torpe, tropezador | someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence |
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| desahogo, error, lapsus, resbalón | A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech / speech / speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
| desliz, paso en falso, traspié, trompicón, tropezón, tropiezo | An unintentional but embarrassing blunder |
Español > meter la pata: 2 sentidos > verbo 2, social| Sentido | Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake. |
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| Sinónimos | joderla, pecar, pifiar |
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| General | insultar, ofender, transgredir, violar, vulnerar | Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
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| Inglés | drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof |
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| Nombres | blooper, boner, buñuelo, cagada, caída, cantada, cante, chapucear, chapucería, chapuza, disparate, embrollo, equivocación, error, estropeo, flub, gazapatón, gazapo, metedura de pata, patinazo, patochada, pifia, plancha | An embarrassing mistake |
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| bobalicón, bobo, memo, palurdo, tarugo, tonto, zoquete | An ignorant or foolish person |
| bufón, clown, payasa, payaso | A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior |
| burro, estúpido, idiota, imbécil, necio, zoquete | A man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
| chapucero, chapuzas, desatinado, frangollón, fumbler, incapaz, incompetente, inepto, manazas, negado, patoso, tapagujeros, topo, torpe, tropezador | someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence |