Portuguese-English translations for desajeitado

awkward
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John was awkward at performing the trick. Hell have to practice to improveThat was an extremely awkward moment. Everyone was watchingAn awkward silence had fallen
clumsy
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The Commission’s original draft was a clumsy text, ill conceived and unwise. O projecto inicial da Comissão era um texto desajeitado, mal concebido, imprudente.It is true that we would have preferred genuine harmonisation to the clumsy and foolish text proposed to us. É um facto que teríamos preferido uma verdadeira harmonização ao texto desajeitado e imprudente que nos foi proposto. I know that the workers at this shipyard should not be punished for the rather inappropriate, or simply clumsy, way these things have been handled by the present government. Sei que os trabalhadores dos estaleiros não devem ser punidos por causa do modo bastante incorrecto, ou simplesmente desajeitado, como o assunto tem sido tratado pelo actual Governo.

clunky
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cumbersomeCumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.A slaves work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
gauche
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maladroitMr Brown's behaviour in Lisbon was both extraordinary and maladroit. O comportamento do Sr. Gordon Brown em Lisboa foi tão extravagante como desajeitado.
uncouth