"Contretemps" is a word in ENGLISH

abat n {1} any supernatural being or human with supernatural powers which shows itself in an unexpected and startling way. …

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; …

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental …

In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

ahat a {1} done before the proper time. Ahat nga kamatáyun, Premature death. {2} forced. Ahat nga pahiyum, A forced …

alimúnaw - To disappear suddenly or unexpectedly, to melt away; to vanish, be missing. Nagalimúnaw gid lang ang ákon isulúlat …

A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.

A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device …

The noun "ambush” means (1) the act of attacking an eneipy unexpect-edly from a concealed station; (2) a conceal-ed station, …

An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.

The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was …

adj. sudden, abrupt. v. /MANG-:-EN/ to surprise, startle by doing something suddenly and unexpectedly. Saan mo nga biglaen ta dinto …

bugsù v {1} [A; c] drive s.t. long into the ground or some other surface. Ibugsù ang mga lipak, Drive …

To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; …

To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.

The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue …

In criminal law. An accl-dent; an unexpected, unforeseen, or unin-tended consequence of an act; a fortuitous event. The opposite of …

To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

In medical jurisprudence. A disposition or habit of using ob-scene language, developing unexpectedly in the particular individual or contrary to …