fumble

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfʌmbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈfʌmbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fumbəl)

Inflections of 'fumble' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
fumbles
v 3rd person singular
fumbling
v pres p
fumbled
v past
fumbled
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

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InglésEspañol
fumble for [sth] vi + prep (rummage)buscar algo a tientas loc verb
 I fumbled in my bag for my car keys.
 Busqué a tientas las llaves de mi auto en mi bolso.
fumble to do [sth] v expr (rummage)hurgar vtr
  revolver vtr
 She fumbled to find a pen among all the junk in her handbag.
 Hurgó entre toda la basura de su cartera para encontrar una birome.
fumble with [sth] vi + prep (handle clumsily)agarrar con torpeza vtr + loc adv
  manipular torpemente vtr + adv
 Neil fumbled with his keys and almost dropped them.
 Neil agarró con torpeza las llaves y casi se le caen.
fumble for [sth] vi + prep figurative (struggle to say [sth])titubear vi
  balbucear vi
 She asked if I needed anything else and I fumbled for the right words.
 Me preguntó si necesitaba algo más y solo conseguí titubear.
fumble n (sport: dropping ball)balón suelto loc nom m
  (fútbol americano; voz inglesa)fumble nm
 A fumble resulted in a massive pileup on the ball.
 Un balón suelto acabó con una pila de jugadores sobre él.
fumble [sth] vtr (sport: drop ball)perder, soltar vtr
 The receiver fumbled the ball and the other team picked it up.
 El receptor perdió el balón y el otro equipo recuperó la posesión.
fumble vi (sport: drop ball)perder el balón, soltar el balón loc verb
  (fútbol americano)hacer un fumble loc verb
 The goalkeeper fumbled and the opposing team scored their third goal.
 El portero perdió el balón y el equipo contrario marcó su tercer gol.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
fumble around,
UK: fumble about
vi phrasal
(do things clumsily) (figurado)dar vueltas loc verb
  revolver vtr
  hacer algo torpemente loc verb
 He's fumbling around in the kitchen; can't you hear the noise?
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Collocations: caused a fumble, fumbled around (in the dark), recovered the fumble, more...

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