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stumble

English

  1. 🔊 an unsteady uneven gait
  2. 🔊 an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
    “he recited the whole poem without a single trip”
  3. 🔊 make an error
    “She slipped up and revealed the name”
  4. 🔊 miss a step and fall or nearly fall
    “She stumbled over the tree root”
  5. 🔊 walk unsteadily
    “The drunk man stumbled about”
  6. 🔊 encounter by chance
    “I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 trastabilleo stumble
  2. 🔊 trastabillar to stumble
  3. 🔊 tropezón stumble, trip (act)
  4. 🔊 trompicón stumble, little trip
  5. 🔊 paso en falso stumble, misstep, false step

Similar words

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