misunderstand

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌmɪsʌndərˈstænd/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌmɪsʌndɚˈstænd/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mis′un dər stand′)


Inflections of 'misunderstand' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
misunderstands
v 3rd person singular
misunderstanding
v pres p
misunderstood
v past
misunderstood
v past p
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misunderstand [sth/sb]⇒ vtr (understand [sb] wrongly)malinterpretar⇒ vtr
  entender mal vtr + adv
 Brian misunderstood Lauren when she invited him to lunch, and showed up at breakfast.
 Brian malinterpretó a Lauren cuando le invitó a almorzar, y se presentó para el desayuno.
misunderstand⇒ vi (understand wrongly)malinterpretar⇒ vtr
  malinterpretar las cosas loc verb
 Whenever John's parents tried to help him he would misunderstand and think that they were trying to make his life harder.
 Siempre que los padres de John intentaban ayudarle, él lo malinterpretaba y creía que estaban intentando hacer su vida más difícil.
 Siempre que los padres de John intentaban ayudarle, él malinterpretaba las cosas y creía que estaban intentando hacer su vida más difícil.
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'misunderstand' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
get your wires crossed - misapprehend - mistake - take amiss - take the wrong way
Spanish:
malentender - malinterpretar


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