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Meaning of mistake | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common

mɪˈsteɪk

Definitions

An error.
A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
failure
verdict, decision
ruling
bug, hole (security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit)

Conjugation

Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of mistake.

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Equivalents

العربية أخطأ أَسَاء اَلْفَهْم خطأ غلط غلطة

Azərbaycanca qələt səhv xəta yanlış

Беларуская памылка хіба

Български бъркам греша грешка

বাংলা ভুল

བོད་སྐད ནོར་འཁྲུལ

Bosanski botun feler greška kara kosa kosa lapsus Mali mali pogreška vika zabluda грешка грјешка заблуда погрешка

Català confondre error

Čeština bota chyba mýlka omyl pochybení zaměnit

Cymraeg camgymryd

Dansk fejl misforstå

Deutsch Bock fehlen Fehler Fehlgriff Irrtum sich versehen Versehen Verwechseln

Ελληνικά αμάρτημα κάνω λάθος λάθος πατάτα σφάλλω σφάλμα

Esperanto eraro

Español confundir con desacierto desatino equivocación equivocar por equivocarse error fallo trabacuenta

Eesti viga

Suomi erehdys erehtyä erhe fiba hairahdus haksahdus kammi kömmähdys lapsus lipsahdus möhläys moka munaus tehdä virhe töppäys vika vikapisto virhe virheliike

Français confondre (avec) erreur faire erreur faute méprendre se tromper

Gaeilge botún déan dearmad

Gàidhlig iomrall mearachd

Galego cagada engano

עברית טעות פאק שְׁגִיאָה

हिन्दी अशुद्धि ख़ता ग़लत ग़लत करना ग़लत फ़हमी ग़लत समझना ग़लतफ़हमी ग़लती चूक त्रुटि प्रमाद भूल भूल-चूक विकल्प

Hrvatski botun feler greška kara kosa kosa lapsus mali Mali pogreška vika zabluda грешка грјешка заблуда погрешка

Magyar félreért hiba téved

Հայերեն խառնել շփոթել սխալ սխալվել

Bahasa Indonesia kekeliruan kesalahan khilaf ralat salah paham

Íslenska skyssa villa

Italiano confondere errare errore fraintendere prendere un abbaglio prendere un granchio prendere una cantonata sbagliare sbaglio toppare

日本語エラーてちがいプレイングミスみず勘違いする嘘失失敗失点科空振り落ち度詿誤誤り誤解する謬過過ち錯誤間違い

ქართული შეცდომა

Қазақша қате қателік

ខ្មែរ កំហុស

한국어 㙤 건과 과실 미스 실수 실수하다 에러 오류 오해하다 잘못 착각 착오

Kurdî boçk fêl hîba kara Malî malî mîss moka vîlla

Кыргызча жаңылыш жаңылыштык ката

Latina erratum errō error fallo fallor menda oberro

ລາວ ຂໍ້ຜິດພາດ

Lietuvių klaida

Latviešu kļūda nepareizība nepareizums

Te Reo Māori pōhēhē

Македонски грешка

മലയാളം തെറ്റുക തെറ്റ് പിശക്

Монгол алдаа

मराठी चूक

Bahasa Melayu kesilapan salah faham

Malti żball

မြန်မာဘာသာ အမှား

Nederlands blunder een fout maken fout in de fout gaan misverstaan misverstand onjuistheid vergissing verwisselen

Polski błąd chyba error feler obłęd omyłka pomylić pomylić się pomyłka zmyłka

پښتو تېروتنه غلط

Português confundir enganar-se engano equivocar-se equivoco errar erro

Română confunda eroare greșeală greși

Русский заблуждение непра́вильно понима́ть обознаться ошибаться ошибиться ошибка принимать принять

Slovenčina chyba

Slovenščina napaka

Shqip gabim

Српски botun feler greška kara kosa kosa lapsus mali Mali pogreška vika zabluda грешка грјешка заблуда погрешка

Svenska fel förväxla miss missförstå missta misstag tabbe

Kiswahili kosa

தமிழ் பிழை

తెలుగు పొరపడు పొరపాటు పొరబడు

Тоҷикӣ иштибоҳ

ไทย ข้อผิดพลาด ความผิด ความผิดพลาด

Türkmençe ýalňyş

Tagalog kamalian Mali

Türkçe galat hata hata yapmak kara yanlış yanlışlık

ئۇيغۇرچە خاتا

Українська помилитися помилка помилятися похибка хи́ба

اردو بُھول خِطَّا غلط غلط سمجھنا غلط فہمی غلط کرنا غلطی

Oʻzbekcha xato

Tiếng Việt loi lỗi lầm nhầm lẫn phốt sai lầm sai sót thiếu sót

Examples

“There were too many mistakes in the test, that unfortunately you failed.”

“He always did mistakes on purpose.”

“He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one.”

“1877, Henry Heth, quoting Robert E. Lee, in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones http://books.google.com/books?id=iDIFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=lee+%22mistakes+were+made%22&hl=en&ei=fchaTbu4L8L98AaVs4n-DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=lee%20%22mistakes%20were%20made%22&f=false After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes were made. I notice, however, that my mistakes are never told me until it is too late.”

CEFR level

Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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