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MAKE A MISTAKE

Modern Translation: MAKE A MISTAKE

Language Translations for "MAKE A MISTAKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gaboj (err), gabohem (be mistaken, go wrong, make a break for it, misbelieve, trip). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غلط (lapse, mistake, slip up), ‏أخطأ (err, fluff, fumble, go wrong, goof, misfire, miss, mistake, sin, slip, stumble, trip up). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

греша (be wrong, err, misstep, mistake, sin, wander). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(a messenger, a mission, difference, different, discrepancy, error, poor, send, short of, to commission, to differ, to err, to lack, to make a mistake, uneven). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zmýlit se (go wrong, mistake, slip up), udìlat chybu (blunder, lapse, mistake). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tage fejl (err). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zich vergissen (err), ernaast zitten (err), een fout maken (err), dwalen (err). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

erari (err). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

erehtyä (be mistaken, be wrong, err). (various references)

   

French

  

se tromper. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

fersinne jin (err). (various references)

   

German

  

sich irren (err, to be mistaken). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάνω λάθος (be mistaken), λαθεύω. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

gaboj (err). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לטעות (err, go wrong, mistake, slip, slip up), טעה. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hibázik (to commit an error, to crap out, to fault), hibát követ el (to commit an error, to trip). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sbagliarsi (err, make), sbagliare (be mistaken, be wrong, err, go wrong in, miscalculate, Miss, mistake, slip up), ingannarsi (mistake), errare (err), equivocare (mistake, misunderstand, prevaricate). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

抜かる (to make a mistake). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しそこなう (to blunder, to fail, to make a mistake, to miss), しそんじる (to blunder, to fail, to make a mistake), まちがう (to be incorrect, to be mistaken, to make a mistake), まちがえる (to err, to make a mistake), さるもきからおちる (anyone can make a mistake, even Homer sometimes nods, even monkeys fall from trees, pride comes before a fall), ぬかる (to make a mistake), かっぱもかわながれ (anyone can make a mistake), あやまる (to apologize, to make a mistake). (various references)

   

Maya

  

sip (to make a mistake). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

kibuká (err), kiboká (err). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

akemay aay istakemay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

mylić się (err), błądzieć (err). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

errar (boggle, err, lapse, miss, roam, straggle, trip, vagabondize, wander), equivocar‐se, enganar‐se, cairemerro. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se înşela (be under a delusion, deceive oneself, do wrong to smb., mistake, rot, slip up), greşi (err), face o greşealã (commit an error, make an error, nod, trip). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

far in sbagl (to make a mistake). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ошибаться (act amiss, be in error, deal amiss, do amiss, err, mistake). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pogrešiti (be mistaken, blunder, err, go wrong, mis-step, slip up). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

equivocarse (err). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

missta sig (be mistaken, err). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yanlış yapmak (misdo), yanılmak (be mistaken, be off, be wrong, come unstuck, err, get the wrong sow by the ear, misapprehend, mistake, slip, slip up, stumble, stumble in, stumble into), aldanmak (err, fall for). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

помилитися (back the wrong horse, slip up). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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