mistaken

• Que está errado em sua opinião, entendimento ou julgamento; que se engana ou contém erro. Descreve uma pessoa ou uma crença que não corresponde à verdade ou ao que é correto.

Describes a person or belief that is incorrect in opinion, understanding, or judgment.

1. Wrong in opinion or judgmentB1formal

   Having an incorrect belief or understanding about something.

   Enganado

   • She was mistaken about the time of the meeting.
   • He is mistaken if he thinks I will agree to that.
   • Many people are mistaken about the causes of the economic crisis.

   Sinônimoserroneousfallaciousfaultyinaccurateincorrectmisguidedwrong

   Antônimosaccuratecorrectright

2. Arising from errorB1formal

   Based on or resulting from a wrong belief or incorrect information.

   Equivocado

   • The report was based on a mistaken assumption.
   • His conclusion was mistaken due to faulty data.
   • They acted on a mistaken belief that the bridge was safe.

   Sinônimoserroneousfallaciousfalsefaultyinaccurateincorrectmisguidedoff-baseunsoundwrong

   Antônimosaccuratecorrectrightsoundtruevalid

• Verbo usado para indicar o ato de identificar ou interpretar algo ou alguém de forma errada, ou de cometer um erro de julgamento.

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

verbo irregular

1. MisidentifyB1formal

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

   Confundir

   • 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.

   Sinônimosconfoundconfusemisidentifymix uptake for

2. MisunderstandB1formal

   To interpret or understand something incorrectly.

   Entender errado

   • 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.

   Sinônimosmisapprehendmisconstruemisinterpretmisreadmisunderstand