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peccadillo

noun
🔊/ˌpekəˈdɪləʊ/
🔊/ˌpekəˈdɪləʊ/
(plural peccadilloes, peccadillos)
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  1. a small unimportant thing that somebody does wrong过失；岔子；轻罪
    • She forgave her husband’s sexual peccadilloes.她原谅了丈夫的性癖。
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado ‘sin’, from Latin peccare ‘to sin’.