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descuido

carelessness

noun dehs-KWEE-doh Rare

Also means

oversight

Usage Note

Descuido means a momentary lapse of attention or a negligent mistake: por descuido (by mistake, carelessly). It derives from descuidar (to neglect). A descuido can also mean a slip of the hand — en un descuido signals that something happened when no one was watching.

Examples

"Por descuido dejé las llaves dentro."

Natural Translation

Through carelessness I left the keys inside.

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