torpe

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾpe/
• Rhymes: -oɾpe
• Hyphenation: tor‧pe

torpe m or f (plural torpes)

1. dull, silly, slow

   Synonyms: charro, parvo, paspán

2. clumsy

   Synonym: zoupón

3. stubborn, obstinate

   Synonym: cazurro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “torpe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torpe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torpe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torpe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torpe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Spanish torpe.

tórpe

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

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 (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

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

torpe m or f (masculine and feminine plural torpes)

1. clumsy, awkward

   Synonym: desmañado

2. blundering, bungling
3. dishonest

   Synonym: deshonesto

4. ugly

   Synonym: feo

• Sicilian: torpu

torpe m or f by sense (plural torpes)

1. clutz

• “torpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

Borrowed from Spanish torpe.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾpe/
• Rhymes: -oɾpe
• Syllabification: 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