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| 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 | 差 (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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