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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesगलतफहमी होना
Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी
Pronunciation / Transliteration: galatfahmi hona
"मुझे लगता है हमारे बीच कुछ गलतफहमी हो गई है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To become confused or misunderstood, resulting in a failure of communication between people.
"We must have crossed wires because I thought the meeting was at three o'clock, not two." - 2
To misunderstand someone's intentions or mistakenly attribute a different meaning to what was said.
"I think our wires got crossed regarding the project budget."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from late 19th-century telephony and telegraphy, where physical telephone wires crossing or touching accidentally caused crossed connections and misrouted calls. By the early 20th century, the idiom expanded metaphorically to describe human communication breakdowns where two people misunderstand each other.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Cross wires"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Cross wires" is said worldwide
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se méprendre
Transliteration: se meh-prahndr
"Nos fils se sont touchés, nous n'avons pas compris la même chose."
aneinander vorbeireden
Transliteration: an-ain-an-der for-bai-ray-den
Script: einander vorbeireden
"Wir haben wohl aneinander vorbeigeredet."
fraintendersi
Transliteration: frain-ten-der-si
"Probabilmente ci siamo fraintesi sugli orari."
entender mal
Transliteration: en-ten-der mal
"Creo que nos hemos entendido mal con las fechas."
entender errado
Transliteration: en-ten-der e-rra-do
"Acho que nós entendemos errado sobre o horário."
गलतफहमी होना
Transliteration: galatfahmi hona
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"मुझे लगता है हमारे बीच कुछ गलतफहमी हो गई है।"
误解
Transliteration: wù jiě
Script: 中文汉字
"我想我们之间产生了一些误解。"
오해하다
Transliteration: ohae-hada
Script: 한국어 한글
"우리가 서로 오해를 했던 것 같아요."
行き違いになる
Transliteration: ikichigai ni naru
Script: 日本語
"どうやら私たちの間で話の行き違いがあったようです。"
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