🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

tropezar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tɾopeˈsaɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stumble/ˈstʌm.bəl/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Tropiezó con una piedra en el camino."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To trip or momentarily lose one's balance while walking or running.

    "She watched her step so she wouldn't stumble on the loose stones."
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of tripping or losing one's balance.

    "A slight stumble nearly cost him the race."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'stumble' originates from the Old English 'stumblian', which is related to the Proto-Germanic '*stumbwōną', meaning to fall or trip. Over time, it evolved to encompass both the physical act of tripping and the metaphorical sense of making mistakes.

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