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mistaking

/mɪˈsteɪ.kɪŋ/

Traducción: Sustantivo que denota la acción de interpretar algo incorrectamente o de forma errónea, o un error de juicio sobre una situación o afirmación., Verbo que se usa para indicar la acción de identificar o interpretar incorrectamente a alguien o algo, o de cometer un error de juicio.

2 entradas

noun

B2formalcommon/mɪˈsteɪ.kɪŋ/

incontable

A noun referring to the act of interpreting something incorrectly or putting the wrong interpretation on a situation or statement.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que denota la acción de interpretar algo incorrectamente o de forma errónea, o un error de juicio sobre una situación o afirmación.
  1. Misinterpretation B2 formal

    The act or result of understanding or interpreting something incorrectly.

    • His mistaking of her silence for consent led to a serious misunderstanding.
    • The report was full of mistakings due to lack of evidence.
    • She apologized for her mistaking of the instructions.
    • The mistaking of the date caused everyone to arrive a day early.

    🇪🇸Malinterpretación

    Sinónimos: misapprehensionmisconstructionmisinterpretationmisreadingmisunderstanding

    Antónimos: apprehensioncomprehensiongraspunderstanding

verb

B1formalcommon/mɪˈsteɪk/

verbo irregular

A verb used to indicate the act of incorrectly identifying or interpreting someone or something, or making an error in judgment.

  • 🇪🇸Verbo que se usa para indicar la acción de identificar o interpretar incorrectamente a alguien o algo, o de cometer un error de juicio.
  1. Misidentify B1 formal

    To incorrectly identify someone or something as another person or thing.

    • I mistook her for her sister because they look so alike.
    • He mistook the stranger for an old friend.
    • Don't mistake my kindness for weakness.

    🇪🇸confundir

    Sinónimos: confoundconfusemisidentifymix uptake for

  2. Misunderstand B1 formal

    To interpret or understand something incorrectly.

    • She mistook his intentions and thought he was angry.
    • They mistook the instructions and built the shelf backwards.
    • I mistook the meaning of his words.

    🇪🇸Malinterpretar

    Sinónimos: misapprehendmisconstruemisinterpretmisreadmisunderstand

  • mistaken past participle
  • mistook past simple
  • mistaking present participle
  • mistakes third person singular