Polyglot Dictionary

deslize

/dʒizˈlizi/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os deslizes

Meaning

  1. slip

    • Cometeu um deslize.

      He made a slip.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vacilo

deslize and vacilo are close synonyms for a minor "slip" or slip-up; vacilo is more colloquial, Brazilian slang.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

resbalón

resbalón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "slip."

Practice

1 What does deslize mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cometeu um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches deslize?

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