How is the word adolescent gauche translated from French to English

English translation
Hobbledehoy
noun

Garçon adolescent maladroit et emprunté.

An awkward, clumsy teenage boy.

Examples with “adolescent gauche”

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  • À seize ans, c'était un adolescent gauche et timide. — He was a shy hobbledehoy at sixteen.

  • L'adolescent gauche a encore renversé une chaise. — The hobbledehoy knocked over a chair again.

  • N'appelle pas ton frère un adolescent gauche. — Don't call your brother a hobbledehoy.

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