mislead

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• /mɪsˈliːd/
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From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 誤引 /误引 — wrong or bad lead
• Finnish: väärä johtolanka — wrong or bad lead
• Chinese Mandarin: 謊言 /谎言 (huǎngyán) — that which is deceptive
• Finnish: valhe — that which is deceptive
• Arabic: أَضَلَّ (ʔaḍalla) — lead in a false direction
• Armenian: մոլորեցնել (molorecʻnel) — lead in a false direction
• Armenian: սխալ ուղղությամբ տանել (sxal uġġutʻyamb tanel) — lead in a false direction
• Bulgarian: заблуждавам (zabluždavam) — lead in a false direction
• Catalan: desencaminar — lead in a false direction
• Chinese Mandarin: 誤導 /误导 (wùdǎo) — lead in a false direction
• Czech: svést — lead in a false direction
• Czech: klamat — lead in a false direction
• Danish: vildlede — lead in a false direction
• Dutch: misleiden — lead in a false direction
• Finnish: johtaa harhaan — lead in a false direction
• Finnish: harhauttaa — lead in a false direction
• French: égarer — lead in a false direction
• German: in die Irre führen — lead in a false direction
• German: irreführen — lead in a false direction
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan) — lead in a false direction
• Ancient Greek: πλανάω (planáō) — lead in a false direction
• Hebrew: הִטְעָה (hit'á) — lead in a false direction
• Hindi: बहकाना (bahkānā) — lead in a false direction
• Italian: portare sulla cattiva strada — lead in a false direction
• Italian: sviare — lead in a false direction
• Kazakh: адастыру (adastyru) — lead in a false direction
• Khmer: បំភាន់ (bɑmphŏən) — lead in a false direction
• Old English: fortēon — lead in a false direction
• Polish: wprowadzać w błąd — lead in a false direction
• Polish: wprowadzić w błąd — lead in a false direction
• Polish: mylić — lead in a false direction
• Polish: zmylić — lead in a false direction
• Portuguese: desencaminhar — lead in a false direction
• Russian: вводи́ть в заблужде́ние (vvodítʹ v zabluždénije) — lead in a false direction
• Russian: ввести́ в заблужде́ние (vvestí v zabluždénije) — lead in a false direction
• Russian: обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) — lead in a false direction
• Russian: обману́ть (obmanútʹ) — lead in a false direction
• Serbo-Croatian: обманути — lead in a false direction
• Serbo-Croatian: obmanuti — lead in a false direction
• Slovene: zavêsti — lead in a false direction
• Spanish: desviar — lead in a false direction
• Spanish: desencaminar — lead in a false direction
• Spanish: despistar — lead in a false direction
• Spanish: descaminar — lead in a false direction
• Spanish: descarriar — lead in a false direction
• Swedish: vilseleda — lead in a false direction
• Tatar: адаштыру (adaştıru) — lead in a false direction
• Turkish: ayartmak — lead in a false direction
• Turkish: saptırmak — lead in a false direction
• Turkish: yanıltmak — lead in a false direction
• Armenian: խաբել (xabel) — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Armenian: մոլորեցնել (molorecʻnel) — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Bulgarian: заблуждавам (zabluždavam) — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Catalan: enganyar — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺騙 /欺骗 (qīpiàn) — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Dutch: misleiden — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Dutch: bedotten — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Dutch: bedriegen — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Esperanto: erarigi — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Finnish: vedättää — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Finnish: johtaa harhaan — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Finnish: harhauttaa — deceive by lies or other false impression
• French: égarer — deceive by lies or other false impression
• French: mésinformer — deceive by lies or other false impression
• German: in die Irre führen — deceive by lies or other false impression
• German: täuschen — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan) — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Ancient Greek: πλανάω (planáō) — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Hungarian: félrevezet — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Hungarian: megtéveszt — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Italian: ingannare — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Italian: raggirare — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Italian: truffare — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Italian: disinformare — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Latin: decipio — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Māori: tuapeka — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Māori: whakatuapeka — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Māori: rūpahu — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Māori: papahu — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Māori: whakapōhēhē — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Polish: wprowadzać w błąd — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Polish: wprowadzić w błąd — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Portuguese: enganar — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Quechua: pallquy — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Serbo-Croatian: завести — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Serbo-Croatian: обманути — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Serbo-Croatian: zavesti — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Serbo-Croatian: obmanuti — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Slovene: zavêsti — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Spanish: engañar — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Spanish: encalabrinar — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Spanish: embaucar — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Spanish: embabucar — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Spanish: embelecar — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Spanish: entuturutar — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Swedish: vilseleda — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Turkish: kandırmak — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Turkish: aldatmak — deceive by lies or other false impression
• Bulgarian: подвеждам (podveždam) — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Catalan: enganyar — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 哄騙 /哄骗 (hǒngpiàn) — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Dutch: verleiden — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Dutch: verlokken — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Finnish: vietellä — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Finnish: viekotella — deceptively trick into something wrong
• French: égarer — deceptively trick into something wrong
• French: induire en erreur — deceptively trick into something wrong
• German: in die Irre führen — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Middle English: mysleden — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Portuguese: enganar — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Slovene: zavêsti — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Spanish: engañar — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Spanish: propiciar equivocarse — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Spanish: inducir a error — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Swedish: förleda — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Turkish: ayartmak — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Turkish: kandırmak — deceptively trick into something wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 混淆 (hùnxiáo) — accidentally or intentionally confuse
• Finnish: johtaa harhaan — accidentally or intentionally confuse
• Finnish: harhauttaa — accidentally or intentionally confuse
• Russian: запутывать (zaputyvatʹ) — accidentally or intentionally confuse