torpeza

From torpe +‎ -eza.

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈpeθa/ [t̪oɾˈpe.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˈpesa/ [t̪oɾˈpe.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: tor‧pe‧za

torpeza f (plural torpezas)

1. awkwardness
2. blunder

• “torpeza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025