gaffe russian

• нело́вкость

  awkwardness, clumsiness, blunder, gaffe

• оконфу́зиться

  be embarrassed, cover oneself with shame, make a gaffe

• ля́пать

  to slap, to smack, to dab clumsily, to smear sloppily

  to blurt out, to make a gaffe, to say something thoughtlessly

• ля́пнувший

  blurted out, having blurted out, having made a gaffe, having said something tactless

Examples

• Рыбаки занимались багреньем осетра каждую зиму.

  The fishermen gaffed sturgeon every winter.