trapalleiro

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Galician

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From trapallo +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

trapalleiro (feminine trapalleira, masculine plural trapalleiros, feminine plural trapalleiras)

  1. bungling
    • 1958, Xosé Luis Méndez Ferrín, Percival e outras historias:
      Era nervoso, delgado, vivo e trapalleiro na fala.
      He was nervous, thin, lively and bungling when speaking
  2. (of a person) cheater, lying
    Synonym: zarapalleiro
  3. (of a thing) botched; shoddy
    Synonyms: mesquiño, ruín

References

[edit]