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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieszoppicante
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tsoppikante
"Il suo avanzare era zoppicante e incerto."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Characterized by a limp or an uneven, halting movement; unsteady in motion.
"The old carriage navigated the cojoso path with great difficulty." - 2
Metaphorically unsteady, flawed, or lacking smooth progression.
"His argument remained cojoso throughout the entire debate."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Spanish root 'cojo' (lame, limping), combined with the suffix '-oso' (full of, characterized by), originating from Latinosus. Historically used in regional Iberian dialects to describe a bumpy terrain or an uneven gait, evolving to metaphorically denote something unsteady or halting.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cojoso" is said worldwide
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boiteux
Transliteration: bwato
"Sa démarche était particulièrement boiteuse ce jour-là."
humpelnd
Transliteration: humpelnd
"Er ging mit einem humpelnden Schritt über den Hof."
zoppicante
Transliteration: tsoppikante
"Il suo avanzare era zoppicante e incerto."
cojoso
Transliteration: koxoso
"El terreno montascoso hacía el viaje muy cojoso."
manco
Transliteration: manku
"O ritmo da marcha estava manco e irregular."
लंगड़ा
Transliteration: langda
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसकी चाल थोड़ी लंगड़ी और असमान थी।"
跛行的
Transliteration: bǒxíng de
Script: 中文汉字
"他的步伐显得有些跛行和不稳。"
절뚝거리는
Transliteration: jeolttukgeorineun
Script: 한국어 한글
"그의 걸음걸이는 절뚝거리고 불안정했다."
足を引きずる
Transliteration: ashi o hikizuru
Script: 日本語
"彼の歩みは足を引きずるように不規則だった。"
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