tropiezo
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /tɾoˈpjeθo/ [t̪ɾoˈpje.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾoˈpjeso/ [t̪ɾoˈpje.so]
- Rhymes: -eθo
- Rhymes: -eso
- Syllabification: tro‧pie‧zo
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]tropiezo m (plural tropiezos)
- stumbling block, obstacle, setback
- 1726, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo, Teatro crítico universal:
- Pero, aun quando se considere el Amianto invencible à toda operacion del fuego, resta otro tropiezo totalmente insuperable
- But, even if asbestos is considered invincible to fire, there is another insurmountable stumbling block
- blunder
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]tropiezo
Further reading
[edit]- “tropiezo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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