Phrase guide

be wrong

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غلطان (ḡalṭān) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Azerbaijani: yanılmaq — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Azerbaijani: səhv etmək — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Azerbaijani: səhv salmaq — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Azerbaijani: çaşmaq — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Belarusian: памыля́цца (pamyljácca) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Belarusian: памылі́цца (pamylícca) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Belarusian: быць няпра́вым (bycʹ njaprávym) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Chinese Mandarin: 是錯的 /是错的 (shì cuò de) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Czech: mýlit se — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Czech: být na omylu — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Dutch: mis hebben — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Dutch: zich vergissen — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Esperanto: malpravi — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Esperanto: erari — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Estonian: eksima — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Finnish: olla väärässä — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • French: avoir tort — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • French: se tromper — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • French: méprendre — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • German: sich täuschen — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • German: sich irren — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • German: sich verschätzen — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • German: falschliegen — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • German: schiefliegen — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Greek: κάνω λάθος (káno láthos) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Hebrew: שגה (shagá) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Hungarian: téved — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Hungarian: nincs igaza — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Indonesian: salah — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Italian: sbagliare — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Italian: sbagliarsi — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Italian: ingannarsi — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Italian: errare — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Italian: essere in errore — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Italian: essere in torto — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Japanese: 間違う (machigau) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Korean: 틀리다 (teullida) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Northern Kurdish: xelet bûn — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Latin: fallor — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Latin: errō — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Latin: lābor — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Norwegian: ta feil — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Polish: być w błędzie — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Polish: mylić się — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Portuguese: estar errado — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Romanian: nu avea dreptate — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Russian: ошиба́ться (ošibátʹsja) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Russian: ошиби́ться (ošibítʹsja) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Russian: быть непра́вым (bytʹ neprávym) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Spanish: estar equivocado — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Spanish: equivocarse — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Spanish: desacertar — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Spanish: guayarse — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Spanish: guallarse — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Swedish: ha fel — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Thai: ผิด (pìt) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Turkish: yanılmak — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Ukrainian: помиля́тися (pomyljátysja) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Ukrainian: помили́тися (pomylýtysja) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken
  • Ukrainian: бу́ти непра́вим (búty neprávym) — have an incorrect belief, be mistaken