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metedura

blunder

noun meh-teh-DOO-rrah Rare

Also means

slip-up, gaffe

Usage Note

Metedura is almost always heard in the fixed phrase metedura de pata ('putting one's foot in it', a blunder). The expression is Spain-centric; Latin American speakers more commonly say metida de pata. The feminine noun metedura derives from meter ('to put/insert') and is rarely used outside this collocation. Register is informal.

Examples

"Fue una metedura de pata imperdonable."

Natural Translation

It was an unforgivable blunder.

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