torpeza

Definitions of torpeza
  1. noun
    the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
    synonyms: aturdimiento, chambonada, desgarbo, desmaña
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    types:
    rusticidad
    the quality of being rustic or gauche
    type of:
    deslucimiento, inelegancia
    the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
  2. noun
    an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
    synonyms: ordinariez, vulgariedad
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    type of:
    incorrección, mala educación
    a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage
  3. noun
    the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
  4. noun
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
    synonyms: aturdimiento, chambonada, desmaña, pachorra, pesadez
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