Grammatical class

Noun

gaffe

gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)

Details

Syllables

gaf-fe

Phonetics

gaf

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

15224

Freq. (movies)

6675

Freq. (news)

23689

Sentences

Quelle gaffe !

What a blunder!

A1

Fais gaffe à toi.

Look out for yourself.

A1

J'ai pas fait gaffe.

I didn't care.

A1

J'ai fait une gaffe.

I goofed.

A1

Fais gaffe !

Look out!

A2

Tom a fait une gaffe.

Tom goofed.

A2

Ne t'en fais pas pour cette gaffe. Les ragots ne durent qu'un temps. Bientôt, tout le monde l'aura oublié.

I wouldn't let a goof-up like that get to you. People have short memories and the one good thing about gossip is that it's short-lived.

B1