What does fuera de lugar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word fuera de lugar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fuera de lugar in Spanish.

The word fuera de lugar in Spanish means inappropriate, out of turn, offside, inappropriate comment, totally out of place, totally out of place. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fuera de lugar

inappropriate

locución adjetiva (inoportuno, inadecuado)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Las palabras fuera de lugar de Luis nos sorprendieron a todos.
What Luis said was inappropriate and surprised all of us.

out of turn

locución adverbial (inoportunamente)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
No hables fuera de lugar y, sobre todo, no digas necedades.
Don't speak out of turn and above all don't talk nonsense.

offside

locución nominal masculina (Deportes: posición adelantada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El árbitro determinó que hubo fuera de lugar y anuló el gol.
The referee determined the player was offside and disallowed the goal.

inappropriate comment

(opinión inapropiada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Deja de hacer esos comentarios fuera de lugar.
Stop making those inappropriate comments.

totally out of place

locución adverbial (absolutamente inapropiado)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
No quiero discutir contigo; siempre dices cosas totalmente fuera de lugar.
I don't want to argue with you because you always say things totally out of place.

totally out of place

locución adverbial (muy inoportunamente)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Criticar totalmente fuera de lugar a los demás te va a salir caro.
Criticising others totally out of place will backfire on you.

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