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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmalinterpretar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ma.lin.ter.pɾeˈtaɾ/
"No quiero que vayas a malinterpretar mi mensaje."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To interpret something, especially a person's words or actions, wrongly or incorrectly.
"Please do not misconstrue my silence as agreement with your proposal." - 2
To analyze the grammatical construction or sense of a text or sentence incorrectly.
"The novice student tended to misconstrue complex Latin clauses during translation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix mis- (meaning wrongly, badly) combined with construe, which originates from the Latin construere (to pile together, build, construct, or interpret). Entering Middle English in the late 14th century, the term evolved from building grammatical structures to mentally assembling and interpreting the meaning of words or actions, ultimately shifting toward the specialized sense of misinterpreting them.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Misconstrue" is said worldwide
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méprendre
Transliteration: /mɛ.pʁɑ̃dʁ/
"Il ne faut pas misconcevoir ses intentions."
missverstehen
Transliteration: /ˈmɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʃteːən/
"Man darf seine Worte nicht missverstehen."
fraintendere
Transliteration: /franˈtɛn.de.re/
"È facile fraintendere le sue intenzioni."
malinterpretar
Transliteration: /ma.lin.ter.pɾeˈtaɾ/
"No quiero que vayas a malinterpretar mi mensaje."
mal-interpretar
Transliteration: /maw.ĩ.teʁ.pɾeˈtaɾ/
"É fácil mal-interpretar um texto antigo."
गलत समझना
Transliteration: galat samajhna
"उसके बयानों को गलत न समझें।"
曲解
Transliteration: qūjiě
"请不要曲解我的意思。"
오해하다
Transliteration: ohaehada
"그녀의 말을 오해하지 마세요."
誤解する
Transliteration: gokai suru
"彼の意図を誤解してはいけない。"
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