Phrase guide

make a mistake

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

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verb

Meaning 1

To err, to be wrong. (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.

  • Albanian: gaboj — to err
  • Albanian: zgarrar — to err
  • Arabic: أَخْطَأَ (ʔaḵṭaʔa) — to err
  • Arabic: غلط (ḡiḷaṭ) — to err
  • Armenian: սխալվել (sxalvel) — to err
  • Azerbaijani: səhv buraxmaq — to err
  • Azerbaijani: yanılmaq — to err
  • Belarusian: памыляцца (pamyljacca) — to err
  • Chinese Mandarin: 犯錯誤 /犯错误 (fàn cuòwù) — to err
  • Chinese Mandarin: 犯錯 /犯错 (fàncuò) — to err
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弄錯 /弄错 (nòngcuò) — to err
  • Chinese Mandarin: 搞錯 /搞错 (gǎocuò) — to err
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出錯 /出错 (chūcuò) — to err
  • Danish: fejle — to err
  • Esperanto: erari — to err
  • Finnish: tehdä virhe — to err
  • Finnish: erehtyä — to err
  • French: se tromper — to err
  • French: commettre une erreur — to err
  • French: faire une erreur — to err
  • German: versehen — to err
  • Hebrew: טעה (ta'á) — to err
  • Hungarian: téved — to err
  • Hungarian: hibázik — to err
  • Hungarian: hibát követ el — to err
  • Hungarian: hibát ejt — to err
  • Hungarian: téveszt — to err
  • Hungarian: eltéveszt — to err
  • Hungarian: elnéz — to err
  • Ido: erorar — to err
  • Irish: déan earráid — to err
  • Irish: déan dearmad — to err
  • Italian: sbagliare — to err
  • Italian: commettere un errore — to err
  • Italian: fare un errore — to err
  • Japanese: 間違える (machigaeru) — to err
  • Khmer: បង្កើតកំហុស (bɑɑbɑngkaət-kɑmhoh) — to err
  • Latin: oberrō — to err
  • Latin: errō — to err
  • Polish: popełniać błąd — to err
  • Polish: popełnić błąd — to err
  • Polish: mylić się — to err
  • Polish: pomylić się — to err
  • Portuguese: errar — to err
  • Portuguese: cometer um erro — to err
  • Portuguese: enganar-se — to err
  • Romanian: greși — to err
  • Russian: ошиба́ться (ošibátʹsja) — to err
  • Sanskrit: स्रेधति (sredhati) — to err
  • Spanish: errar — to err
  • Spanish: equivocarse — to err
  • Spanish: cometer un error — to err
  • Swedish: begå ett misstag — to err
  • Tamil: தவறு செய் (tavaṟu cey) — to err
  • Tamil: தப்பு பண்ணு (tappu paṇṇu) — to err
  • Thai: เพลี่ยงพล่ํา — to err
  • Thai: พลาดท่า — to err
  • Ukrainian: помиля́тися (pomyljátysja) — to err
  • Ukrainian: помили́тися (pomylýtysja) — to err
  • Ukrainian: зро́бити по́ми́лку (zróbyty pómýlku) — to err
  • Vietnamese: phạm lỗi — to err