mistake

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/mɪˈsteɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/mɪˈsteɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mi stāk′)

Inflections of 'mistake' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
mistakes
v 3rd person singular
mistaking
v pres p
mistook
v past
mistaken
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
mistake n (error)error nm
 I'm sorry but I made a mistake. The correct number is four.
 Lo siento pero cometí un error, el número correcto es cuatro.
mistake n (wrong act or decision)equivocarse⇒ v prnl
 I should have given him the job: I made a mistake there.
 Debí darle el trabajo: me equivoqué.
mistake [sb] for [sb] else⇒ vtr (identify wrongly)confundir⇒ vtr
 I didn't recognize her voice and mistook her for Jenny.
 No reconocí su voz y la confundí con Jenny.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
mistake [sth] for [sth] else⇒ vtr (choose wrongly)confundir⇒ vtr
 I mistook the car for a newer model and paid too much for it.
 Confundí el carro con un modelo más nuevo y pagué demasiado por él.
mistake [sth]⇒ vtr (misunderstand)malinterpretar⇒ vtr
 He mistook her remarks as being in favour of the change.
 Malinterpretó sus comentarios creyendo que estaba a favor del cambio.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
and no mistake expr informal (for certain)sin lugar a dudas expr
by mistake adv (accidentally, not on purpose)por error loc adv
 By mistake, I gave him your phone number instead of mine!
 Le di tu número de teléfono en vez del mío por error.
  accidentalmente adv
 Le di tu número de teléfono en vez del mío accidentalmente.
clerical mistake n (administrative error)error administrativo nm
 Due to a clerical mistake, the client was charged twice.
 Debido a un error administrativo le cargaron dos veces la misma cantidad.
make a mistake v expr (commit an error)cometer un error loc verb
 Don't be afraid to make a mistake.
 No tengas miedo de cometer un error.
  equivocarse⇒ v prnl
 No tengas miedo de equivocarte.
make no mistake interj (believe me, let me assure you)te lo aseguro loc interj
  no lo dudes, que no te quepa la menor duda loc interj
  no te engañes loc interj
 Make no mistake, their relationship won't last - they are incompatible!
 Te lo aseguro, su relación no va a durar, ¡él es muy joven para ella!
  (tú)créeme interj
  (vos)creeme interj
  no te eng v prnl
 No te engañes, su relación no va a durar, ¡él es muy joven para ella!
mistake of fact n (law: error negating intent)error de hecho loc nom m
mistake of law n (law: error in understanding)error de derecho loc nom m
my mistake interj (admitting an error)error mío expr
  (informal)mala mía expr
spelling mistake n (error in writing a word)error ortográfico nm + adj
  (PR)error de deletreo grupo nom
typing mistake n (typo, typographical error)error de tecleo nm + loc adj
  (informal)error de dedo nm + loc adj
  (AmL)error de digitación nm + loc adj
  (AmS)error de tipeo nm + loc adj
  (CR, MX: coloquial)dedazo nm
  errata nf
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'mistake' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
blooper - blunder - booboo - bungle - clanger - clerical error - coding error - confuse - epic fail - err - error - error in fact - error in law - fail - fatal error - fault - faux pas - flub - fluff - folly - foul up - Freudian slip - fuck up - Good catch! - goof - goof up - grammatical error - human error - in error - judicial error - learn a lesson - learn one's lesson - make - mess up - mess-up - miscue - mix up - my bad - oops - oversight - pratfall - procedural error - schoolboy error - screw-up - slip - slip of the tongue - slip up - trip up - typographical error - uncaught
Spanish:
atrocidad - equivocación - fallo - metedura - quid pro quo - marro - confundir - cometer un error - cometer una falta - confundirse con - desacertar - desacierto - desatino - descuido - desliz - despiste - embrocar - equivocar - errata - error - error arbitral - error común - error de buena fe - error de bulto - error de escritura - error de origen - error de ortografía - error gramatical - error humano - fallar - falta de ortografía - falta grave - incorrección - incurrir en el error de - insensatez - lamentable error - meter la gamba - mínimo error - nacido por error - peccata minuta - pifiar - profundo error - resbalar - yerro

Collocations: mistook me for [someone else, my dad], a [grave, small, minor, major, serious] mistake, do you mistake me for a...?, more...

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