tropiezo
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /tɾoˈpjeθo/ [t̪ɾoˈpje.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /tɾoˈpjeso/ [t̪ɾoˈpje.so]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθo
- (Latin America) 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014