torpe

From Old Galician-Portuguese torpe (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin turpis.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoɾpɪ]

torpe m or f (plural torpes)

1. dull, silly, slow

   Synonyms: charro, parvo, paspán

2. clumsy

   Synonym: zoupón

3. stubborn, obstinate

   Synonym: cazurro

• entorpecer
• torpemente
• torpeza
• torpidade

• “torpe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “torpe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “torpe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “torpe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “torpe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from Spanish torpe.

tórpe

1. slow, dull, or stupid
2. indecent, lewd

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.peː/, [ˈt̪ɔrpeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.pe/, [ˈt̪ɔrpe]

torpē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of torpeō

From Latin turpis (“ugly; dishonest”).

torpe m or f (plural torpes)

1. sordid (morally degrading)

   Synonym: sórdido

2. disgusting; nauseating

   Synonyms: asqueroso, nojento

• torpemente

Back-formation from torpecer (same as entorpecer).

torpe m or f (plural torpes)

1. numbing, narcotic
2. numb, torpid

• “torpe” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Inherited from Latin turpis (“ugly; dishonest”) (whence English turpitude). Compare archaic English turpid. Not related to English torpid.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾpe/ [ˈt̪oɾ.pe]
• Rhymes: -oɾpe
• Syllabification: tor‧pe

torpe m or f (masculine and feminine plural torpes)

1. clumsy, awkward, blundering, bungling
2. dishonest
3. ugly

torpe m or f by sense (plural torpes)

1. clutz

• “torpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish torpe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾpe/, [ˈtoɾ.pɛ]
• Hyphenation: tor‧pe

torpe (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜉᜒ)

1. stupid; dull

   Synonym: tanga

2. timid; shy

   Synonym: mahiyain

3. (colloquial) too shy to express one's romantic feelings