contratiempo

Meaning

setback, hitch

Example

A last-minute setback delayed the departure.

A way to remember it

English "contretemps" has the same roots: contra "against" + tiempo "time", so time works against you.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 1 of them.

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• desigualdad inequality
• destacado outstanding, prominent

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