Practice FrenchC1noun
l’écueil
pitfall, stumbling block
« Le principal écueil de cette méthode réside dans sa lourdeur administrative. »
“The main pitfall of this method lies in its administrative heaviness.”
In other languages
- Spanish escollo
- Portuguese percalço
- German Fallstrick, Klippe
- Italian scoglio, insidia
- Arabic المزلق
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