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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieschapuza
Pronunciation / Transliteration: chapuza
"El arreglo de la tubería fue una chapuza."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A task or project carried out clumsily or incompetently; a blunder.
"The government's handling of the crisis was a complete bungle."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late 16th century: probably a frequentative of an obsolete verb meaning 'to beat or hammer clumsily'.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Bungle"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Bungle" is said worldwide
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gaspillage
Transliteration: gaspillage
"Cette erreur était un véritable bungle."
Pfusch
Transliteration: Pfusch
"Seine Arbeit war ein einziger Pfusch."
pasticcio
Transliteration: pasticcio
"Hanno combinato un grosso pasticcio."
chapuza
Transliteration: chapuza
"El arreglo de la tubería fue una chapuza."
caca
Transliteration: caca
"Ele fez uma grande caca no trabalho."
गड़बड़
Transliteration: gadbad
"उसकी योजना में एक बड़ी गड़बड़ थी।"
搞砸
Transliteration: gǎozá
"这是一次彻底的搞砸。"
실수
Transliteration: silsu
"그의 일처리는 큰 실수였다."
ヘマ
Transliteration: hema
"彼は大事なところでヘマをした。"
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