GERMAN · C1WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

der Fauxpas

faux pas; social blunder

Mit seiner Frage nach ihrem Einkommen beging er einen Fauxpas, weil das Gespräch bis dahin bewusst bei unverfänglichen Themen geblieben war.

By asking about her income, he committed a faux pas because the conversation had deliberately stayed on uncontroversial topics until then.

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