See butterfingers on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tollpatsch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tölpel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mantalákias",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μανταλάκιας"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"word": "kétbalkezes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"word": "lyukaskezű"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mano di pastafrolla"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"word": "ninipa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mão furada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"word": "mãos de manteiga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rastjapa",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"word": "растяпа"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "manazas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "manos muertas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who tends to drop things",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "torpe"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"Moravia",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gramloň"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motovidlo"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nemehlo"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nešika"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "poleno"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"word": "avoir deux mains gauches"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"word": "maladroit"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"word": "zoupón"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mensch mit zwei linken Händen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "unbeholfener Mensch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ungeschickte Person"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zimiáris",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ζημιάρης"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"word": "mãos de manteiga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "ру́ки из жо́пы расту́т (rúki iz žópy rastút, literally “hands growing from the buttocks”)",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "ру́ки как крюки́ (rúki kak krjukí, literally “hands like hooks”)",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "manazas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"word": "manos de manteca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one’s fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated",
"word": "mãos de manteiga"
}
],
"word": "butterfingers"
}
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