Phrase guide

change one's mind

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

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verb

Meaning 1

To decide differently than one had decided before.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَيَّرَ رَأْيَهُ (ḡayyara raʔyahu) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Armenian: միտքը փոխել (mitkʻə pʻoxel) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Azerbaijani: fikrini dəyişmək — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Belarusian: пераду́мваць (pjeradúmvacʹ) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Belarusian: пераду́маць (pjeradúmacʹ) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Belarusian: разду́мваць (razdúmvacʹ) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Belarusian: разду́маць (razdúmacʹ) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Bulgarian: разми́слям (razmísljam) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Bulgarian: разми́сля (razmíslja) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Catalan: canviar d'opinió — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Catalan: repensar-s'hi — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Chinese Mandarin: 改變主意 /改变主意 (gǎibiàn zhǔyì) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Chinese Mandarin: 變卦 /变卦 (biànguà) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Czech: změnit názor — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Czech: rozmyslit se — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Danish: ombestemme sig — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Dutch: van gedachten veranderen — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Dutch: zich bedenken — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Esperanto: ŝanĝi sian opinion — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Esperanto: decidi alie — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Estonian: meelt muutma — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Finnish: muuttaa mielensä — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Finnish: muuttaa mieltään — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • French: changer d'avis — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • French: se raviser — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Galician: acordar — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Galician: trasacordar — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • German: seine Meinung ändern — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • German: sich umentscheiden — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • German: es sich anders überlegen — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Ancient Greek: μεταμέλομαι (metamélomai) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Hebrew: שִׁנָּה אֶת דַּעֲתוֹ (shiná et da'ató) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Hungarian: meggondolja magát — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Icelandic: sjá sig um hönd — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Icelandic: hringla með — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Irish: intinn a athrú — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Italian: cambiare idea — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Japanese: 気が変わる (ki ga kawaru) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Japanese: 思い直す (omoinaosu) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Kazakh: айну (ainu) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Korean: 마음을 바꾸다 (ma'eum-eul bakkuda) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Korean: 의견을 바꾸다 (uigyeon-eul bakkuda) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Korean: 생각을 바꾸다 (saenggag-eul bakkuda) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Korean: 결심을 바꾸다 (gyeolsim-eul bakkuda) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Korean: 고쳐 생각하다 (gocheo saenggakhada) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Latin: sententiam muto — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Lithuanian: persigalvoti — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Māori: kihirua — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Navajo: ánéísįįh — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skifte mening — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Norwegian Bokmål: endre oppfatning — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ombestemme seg — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: venda hugen — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Polish: zmienić zdanie — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Polish: rozmyślać się — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Polish: rozmyślić się — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Portuguese: mudar de ideia — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Romanian: răzgândi — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Russian: переду́мывать (peredúmyvatʹ) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Russian: переду́мать (peredúmatʹ) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Russian: разду́мывать (razdúmyvatʹ) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Russian: разду́мать (razdúmatʹ) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Slovak: zmeniť názor — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Slovak: rozmyslieť sa — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Spanish: cambiar de opinión — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Spanish: cambiar de idea — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Spanish: mudar de parecer — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Spanish: arrepentirse — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Swedish: ändra sig — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Swedish: ändra åsikt — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Swedish: ändra mening — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Thai: เปลี่ยนใจ (bplìian-jai) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Turkish: fikrini değiştirmek — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Ukrainian: переду́мувати (peredúmuvaty) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Ukrainian: переду́мати (peredúmaty) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Ukrainian: розду́мати (rozdúmaty) — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Vietnamese: đổi ý — to decide differently than one had decided before
  • Vietnamese: thay đổi ý định — to decide differently than one had decided before