patinazo

Definitions of patinazo
  1. noun
    an embarrassing mistake
    synonyms: buñuelo, cagada, cantada, cante, gazapatón, gazapo, pifia
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    types:
    solecismo
    a socially awkward or tactless act
    coladura, metedura de pata, plancha
    a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
    traspié, trompicón, tropezón, tropiezo
    an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
    type of:
    equivocación, error, fallo, falta, yerro
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  2. noun
    an unexpected slide
    synonyms: derrapada, resbalón
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    type of:
    desliz, deslizamiento
    the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
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