Meanings
verbmake a mistake (third-person singular simple present makes a mistake, present participle making a mistake, simple past and past participle made a mistake)
present singular third person makes a mistake · participle present making a mistake · participle past made a mistake · past made a mistake
- To err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Synonyms: blow it, bobble, boob, crap up, miscue, drop a bollock, drop the ball, err
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Translations
Arabic أَخْطَأَ
- أَخْطَأَ (ʔaḵṭaʔa)to err
Chinese Mandarin 犯錯誤 /犯错误, 犯錯 /犯错
- 犯錯誤 /犯错误 (fàn cuòwù)to err
- 犯錯 /犯错 (fàncuò)to err
- 弄錯 /弄错 (nòngcuò)to err
- 搞錯 /搞错 (gǎocuò)to err
- 出錯 /出错 (chūcuò)to err
Danish fejle
- fejleto err
Esperanto erari
- erarito err
Estonian eksima
- eksimato err
Finnish tehdä virhe, erehtyä
- tehdä virheto err
- erehtyäto err
French se tromper, commettre une erreur
- se tromperto err
- commettre une erreurto err
- faire une erreurto err
German versehen
- versehento err
Hebrew טעה
- טעה (ta'á)to err
Hungarian téved, hibázik
- tévedto err
- hibázikto err
- hibát követ elto err
- hibát ejtto err
- tévesztto err
- eltévesztto err
- elnézto err
Irish déan earráid, déan dearmad
- déan earráidto err
- déan dearmadto err
Italian sbagliare, commettere un errore
- sbagliareto err
- commettere un erroreto err
- fare un erroreto err
Japanese 間違える
- 間違える (machigaeru)to err
Latin oberrō, errō
- oberrōto err
- errōto err
Polish popełniać błąd, popełnić błąd
- popełniać błądto err
- popełnić błądto err
- mylić sięto err
- pomylić sięto err
Portuguese errar, cometer um erro
- errarto err
- cometer um erroto err
- enganar-seto err
Romanian greși
- greșito err
Russian ошиба́ться
- ошиба́ться (ošibátʹsja)to err
Spanish errar, equivocarse
- errarto err
- equivocarseto err
- cometer un errorto err
Swedish begå ett misstag
- begå ett misstagto err
Tamil தவறு செய், தப்பு பண்ணு
- தவறு செய் (tavaṟu cey)to err
- தப்பு பண்ணு (tappu paṇṇu)to err
Thai เพลี่ยงพล่ำ, พลาดท่า
- เพลี่ยงพล่ำto err
- พลาดท่าto err
Ukrainian помиля́тися, помили́тися
- помиля́тися (pomyljátysja)to err
- помили́тися (pomylýtysja)to err
- зро́бити по́ми́лку (zróbyty pómýlku)to err
Vietnamese phạm lỗi
- phạm lỗito err
Cite this entry
APA
make a mistake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20a%20mistake
MLA
“make a mistake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20a%20mistake. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make a mistake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20a%20mistake.
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