blunder

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈblʌn.də(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈblʌn.dɚ/

Noun

blunder (plural blunders)

1. A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
2. (chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.

Synonyms

• (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, flub, fluff, fumble, gaffe, goof, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko

Translations

• French: (colloquial) gaffe, (colloquial) impair, faux pas, maladresse, bourde
• German: Patzer, Schnitzer, Fehler, Fehlgriff, Mißgriff, Fauxpas, Fehlleistung, Ungeschicklichkeit, Fehltritt, Versehen
• Italian: abbaglio, strafalcione, cantonata, sfondone, svarione, topica
• Portuguese: erro, confusão, gafe, mico, pontapé
• Russian: ляп
• Spanish: error, (Chile) condoro, (Colombia) descache, torpeza, desliz, garrafal, (Latin America) metida de pata, tropiezo, desatino, topinada

Verb

blunder (blunders, present participle blundering; past and past participle blundered)

1. (intransitive) To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.

   to blunder in preparing a medical prescription

2. (intransitive) To move blindly or clumsily.

   • I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.

   • blunders on, and staggers every pace

3. (transitive) To cause to make a mistake.

   • To blunder an adversary.

4. (transitive) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.

   • He blunders and confounds all these together.

Translations

• French: faire une gaffe, gaffer, fauter, se tromper, se planter (familiar)
• German: patzen, einen Bock schießen, danebengreifen, vermasseln, murksen, vermurksen, pfuschen, Mist bauen, sich blamieren
• Italian: sbagliare, prendere una cantonata, prendere un abbaglio, sgarrare, errare, toppare, spropositare, fare una gaffe
• Portuguese: cometer erro, fazer besteira, atrapalhar-se
• Russian: ля́пнуть
• Spanish: meter la pata

Translations

• German: stolpern, herumtappen
• Italian: muoversi a tentoni, andare alla cieca
• Russian: дви́гаться ощупь
• Spanish: dar tumbos

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