gaffe

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡæf/

Noun

gaffe (plural gaffes)

1. A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

   Synonyms: blooper, blunder, mistake, error, slip, slip-up, Thesaurus:error

Translations

• French: gaffe, faux pas
• German: Fauxpas, Ausrutscher, Patzer
• Italian: sproposito, figuraccia, errore, topica, gaffe
• Portuguese: gafe
• Russian: опло́шность
• Spanish: metida de pata (Latin America), metedura de pata (Spain), desliz, pifia, cagada (vulgar), gazapo

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