🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

error

Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-ror

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mistake/mɪˈsteɪk/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Cometer un error es parte del aprendizaje."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or unintentional result.

    "Making a mistake on the report taught him to double-check his calculations."
As verb
  1. 1

    To wrongly identify someone or something as someone or something else.

    "I am sorry, I mistook you for my colleague."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'mistake' originates from the Middle English 'mistaken', derived from the Old Norse 'mistaka', meaning 'to take in error'. The term has evolved over centuries to encompass both the act of making an error and the error itself.

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