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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries滑稽跌倒
Native Script:中文汉字
Pronunciation / Transliteration: huá jī diē dǎo
"他在公众面前出丑摔倒，成了一场滑稽的笑话。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fall on to one's buttocks, especially one intended to be comic or clumsy in slapstick performance.
"The clown delighted the audience with an unexpected and dramatic pratfall." - 2
A humiliating mishap, error, or failure in a plan or career.
"The company's new marketing campaign was a major pratfall that cost them thousands of customers."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in early 20th-century American English as theatrical slang, it combines the slang term 'prat' (meaning buttocks) with 'fall'. Originally describing a comedic physical fall onto the buttocks in slapstick comedy, its meaning later broadened to include any humiliating blunder or failure.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pratfall" is said worldwide
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chute sur le derrière
Transliteration: chyt syr luh deh-ree-ayr
"Le comédien a fait un pratfall hilarant sur scène."
Poppes
Transliteration: pop-fahl
Script: Hinfaller
"Sein politischer Fehler erwies sich als peinlicher Pratfall."
caduta comica
Transliteration: ka-du-ta ko-mi-ka
"La sua caduta comica ha fatto ridere tutto il teatro."
caída denal
Transliteration: ka-ee-da de na-lges
Script: caída de nalgas
"El político sufrió un grave pratfall durante el debate."
tombo
Transliteration: tom-bu
"Aquele erro estratégico foi um verdadeiro pratfall para a empresa."
ध-म से गिरना
Transliteration: dham se girna
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसकी नई नीति एक बड़ा pratfall साबित हुई।"
滑稽跌倒
Transliteration: huá jī diē dǎo
Script: 中文汉字
"他在公众面前出丑摔倒，成了一场滑稽的笑话。"
엉덩방아
Transliteration: eong-deong-bang-a
Script: 한국어 한글
"그의 실수는 정치적 Pratfall로 기록되었습니다."
しりもち
Transliteration: shirimochi
Script: 日本語
"コメディアンの滑稽なしりもちに観客は大笑いした。"
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