torpeza
Spanish, noun/toɾˈpeθa/
torpeza is spelled T-O-R-P-E-Z-A (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torpeza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “awkwardness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición o carácter de torpe”.
What does torpeza mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineawkwardness
- 2
feminineblunder
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición o carácter de torpe. 2. Acto o expresión torpe.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of torpeza
- torpezas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce torpeza?
- /toɾˈpeθa/
- [t̪oɾˈpe.θa]
- /toɾˈpesa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to torpeza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is torpeza in Spanish?
torpeza appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).