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Examples
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Ahora voy a mi procesador de textos o a Bable Fish y copio las letras, pero es muy torpe.
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Zamora ranks as the most fanatical spot in Michoacán, which is itself so throttled by the church that it is known as the "estado torpe," the torpid State.
Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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Mal la muerte podría Ah! Death could not undo deshacer con torpe mano with its clumsy hand's excess el semblante soberano the sovereign loveliness que un ángel envidiaría. an angel would envy too.
Don Juan Tenorio Jos�� Zorrilla 1855
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Sigue, pues, con ciego afán Continue then, in your blind frenzy en tu torpe frenesí, your wicked delirium, mas nunca vuelvas a mí; but never turn to me; no te conozco, don Juan.
Don Juan Tenorio Jos�� Zorrilla 1855
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Que por el torpe doncel This young man of sin ganada la dueña está has won over her Duenna, I'm sure, no puedo dudarlo ya: I can doubt it no more: debo, pues, guardarme de él.
Don Juan Tenorio Jos�� Zorrilla 1855
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Despite his devil-may-care torpe image, he is a good guy (much to my expectations).
BoSanchez.ph 2008
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Despite his devil-may-care torpe image, he is a good guy (much to my expectations).
BoSanchez.ph 2008
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En tierra es todo lo contrario, torpe y desprotegido.
unknown title 2008
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In the human characteristics category there is bossy, (mandón), conceited (presumido), clumsy (torpe), picky (exigente), rude (grosero), show off (fachoso), tacky (cursi) and a walking disaster (contingente).
Speaking Spanish like a Native by Brad Kim and Erika Dominguez 2006
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In the human characteristics category there is bossy, (mandón), conceited (presumido), clumsy (torpe), picky (exigente), rude (grosero), show off (fachoso), tacky (cursi) and a walking disaster (contingente).
Speaking Spanish like a Native by Brad Kim and Erika Dominguez 2006
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