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Meanings of
stumble
in English
Portuguese
tropeço
Catalan
ensopegada
Spanish
tropiezo
Back to the meaning
An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.
trip
misstep
trip-up
Portuguese
tropeço
Catalan
tentineig
Spanish
tambaleo
Back to the meaning
An unsteady uneven gait.
lurch
stagger
Catalan
tentineig
Portuguese
tropeçar
Catalan
entrebancar-se
Spanish
tropezar
Back to the meaning
Walk unsteadily.
falter
bumble
Portuguese
tropeçar
Spanish
colarse
Back to the meaning
Make an error.
slip up
trip up
Spanish
colarse
Other meanings for "stumble"
Usage of
stumble
in English
1
We sink in water; in air we tumble; on earth we
stumble
.
2
In the descent to the cañon the pony began to
stumble
badly.
3
The media wanted a story and the only story was a
stumble
.
4
I saw men fall; I saw the living
stumble
over the dead.
5
You
stumble
on past the glass and iron of the indoor market.
6
Yes, I but
stumble
on this new path, but I am struck.
7
Just say your prayers that we
stumble
across the answer down here.
8
Meanwhile Lamont must
stumble
,
and the unfortunate Mr. Schlesinger must remain anonymous.
9
At the weapon she'd just had the good fortune to
stumble
across.
10
We
stumble
and impede each other in the great waves of smoke.
11
It is the blind who fall into the ditch-thereckless who
stumble
.
12
He had grown weak in the knees and was inclined to
stumble
.
13
Do not then
stumble
at the end of the road,' answered Gandalf.
14
Perhaps I may
stumble
across something that will prove useful to us.
15
She also continued to
stumble
over an unavoidable element: her rival's name.
16
You must forgive me if I seem to
stumble
in the telling.
Other examples for "stumble"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
stumble
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Frequent collocations
stumble upon
stumble back
stumble along
stumble forward
stumble away
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Translations for
stumble
Portuguese
tropeço
tropeçar
tropicar
Catalan
ensopegada
entrebancada
tentineig
tentines
entrebancar-se
ensopegar
encertar
creuar-se
trobar
Spanish
tropiezo
paso en falso
traspié
tambaleo
bamboleo
tropezar
trastabillar
titubear
colarse
cometer un error
equivocarse
encontrarse
Stumble
through the time
Stumble
across language varieties
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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