blunder

blunder
1. verb
1) (to stumble (about or into something): He blundered into the door.) chocaropezar con
2) (to make a (bad) mistake: He really blundered when he insulted the boss's wife.) meter la pata, cometer un grave error, hacer una patochada

2. noun
(a (bad) mistake.) metedura de pata, error garrafal, patochada
blunder
tr['blʌndəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 plancha, metedura de pata
intransitive verb
1 meter la pata
blunder ['blʌndər] vi
1) stumble: tropezar, dar traspiés
2) err: cometer un error, tropezar, meter la pata fam
blunder n
: error m, fallo m garrafal, metedura f de pata fam
blunder
n.
caída s.f.
chambonada s.f.
desacierto s.m.
desatino s.m.
desbarro s.m.
desliz s.f.
disparate s.m.
equivocación s.f.
inocentada s.f.
patochada s.f.
v.
desatinar v.

I 'blʌndər, 'blʌndə(r)
intransitive verb
1) (move clumsily, stumble)

he blundered into the table — se topó con el jefe en el pasillo

he blundered around in the dark — andaba dando tumbos en la oscuridad

2)
a) (make mistake) cometer un error garrafal
b) blundering pres p

that blundering idiot! — ese idiota perdido! (fam)


II
noun (mistake) error m garrafal; (faux pas) metedura f or (AmL tb) metida f de pata (fam)
['blʌndǝ(r)]
1.
N metedura f de pata *, plancha f (Sp) *

to make a blunder — meter la pata *, tirarse una plancha (Sp) *

2. VI
1) (=err) cometer un grave error, meter la pata *
2) (=move clumsily)

to blunder about — andar dando tumbos

to blunder into sth/sb — tropezar con algo/algn

to blunder into sth — [+ trap] caer en algo; (fig) caer or meterse en algo

* * *

I ['blʌndər, 'blʌndə(r)]
intransitive verb
1) (move clumsily, stumble)

he blundered into the table — se topó con el jefe en el pasillo

he blundered around in the dark — andaba dando tumbos en la oscuridad

2)
a) (make mistake) cometer un error garrafal
b) blundering pres p

that blundering idiot! — ese idiota perdido! (fam)


II
noun (mistake) error m garrafal; (faux pas) metedura f or (AmL tb) metida f de pata (fam)

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