stumble
/ˈstʌmbəl/ verbo B1En español: tropezar, trompezar, topar, dar traspiés
- To misstep; to walk or run clumsily; to trip or fall. · He stumbled over a rock.· Last night, you drunkenly stumbled to the front door, waking up the whole house.
- To make mistakes, to have trouble. · I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.
- To cause to stumble or trip.
- To mislead, to cause to err or fall.
- To make a discovery unexpectedly or accidentally; to chance, come, or happen (upon a person or thing) (with onto, across, on, upon). · We stumbled onto the answer without even trying.
He/she/it stumbles · Pasado stumbled · Participio pasado stumbled · Forma en -ing stumbling
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- stumble
- He/she/it
- stumbles
- Pasado
- stumbled
- Participio pasado
- stumbled
- Forma en -ing
- stumbling
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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“My friend,” said Andrea, “I was coming from Mortefontaine to Senlis, when my horse, which is a troublesome creature, stumbled and threw me.
That is, she stumbled over the bridge and went shuddering up the horrible dim path beyond.
When she finally stumbled over the log bridge she drew one long shivering breath of relief.
Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath--all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek.
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