Mistake in spanish
pronunciation: eroʊɹ̩ part of speech: noun
mistake1 = error, desatino, equivocación.
Example: A mistake, say, in trasncribing Fergusson as Ferguson may cause some problems, copying Davinson as Davison will cause even more!.more:
» amend + a mistake = corregir un error.
Example: One the questions that has to be answered regarding this software is how easy it is to make amendments, for example to go back to amend a mistake in an earlier field.» by mistake = por error, por equivocación.
Example: If you mark a record by mistake or change your mind, press <Del> to unmark it.» calculation mistake = error de cálculo.
Example: The author made some calculation mistakes in the comparison table.» clerical mistake = error administrativo, error de copia.
Example: Compared to the first group, the second group had significantly fewer errors, with careless mathematical and clerical mistakes almost eliminated.» correct + Posesivo + mistake = corregir un error.
Example: They want to know how people learn to use computers, how they modify their input, and how they identify and correct their mistakes.» costly mistake = error caro.
Example: Hiring a candidate just because they are the best of a bad bunch is a supremely costly mistake.» crass mistake = error craso, error garrafal.
Example: We rely on the collective knowledge of our fans to help us catch our crass mistakes.» fatal mistake = error fatal.
Example: In your first few comments I think you were making the point I was trying to make, namely, automating what you're doing already is always a fatal mistake.» gross mistake = error craso, error garrafal.
Example: Unless we are clear about the answers, we are likely to make a number of gross mistakes in trying to bring children and books together in a tensile and lasting connection.» learn from + Posesivo + mistakes = aprender de + Posesivo + errores.
Example: And the conventional wisdom is don't make the same mistake twice, learn from your mistakes.» life mistakes = errores en la vida. [Generalmente usado en plural]
Example: If you had an eraser that can erase all your life mistakes what would you erase?.» make + a mistake = cometer un error, cometer una falta, cometer un fallo.
Example: When mistakes have been made in invoicing or in paying a vendor, a credit or debit note is issued.» make no mistake = que no (te) quepa la menor duda, que (te) quede bien claro.
Example: Make no mistake about it; pseudo-intellectualism is on the rise.» make + the same mistake = cometer el mismo error.
Example: Cleveland is making the same mistake that Charlotte made with me.» make + the same mistake again = cometer el mismo error de nuevo, cometer el mismo error otra vez.
Example: I have been in this situation before and I have made the same mistake again.» make + the same mistake twice = cometer el mismo error dos veces, tropezar dos veces con la misma piedra.
Example: And the conventional wisdom is don't make the same mistake twice, learn from your mistakes.» mathematical mistake = error matemático, error de cálculo.
Example: Compared to the first group, the second group had significantly fewer errors, with careless mathematical and clerical mistakes almost eliminated.» monumental mistake = error craso, error garrafal.
Example: We apologise for this apparent error of judgement but promise to keep you informed of any other similar monumental mistakes.» no mistake = sin duda, sin ninguna duda, sin lugar a dudas, sin la menor duda.
Example: We were in a pickle too and no mistake.» pay + dearly for + Posesivo + mistakes = pagar caro + Posesivo + errores.
Example: Yes, his mother had been a sinner, but she had paid dearly for her mistakes.» pay for + Posesivo + mistake(s) = pagar por + Posesivo + error(es).
Example: Jane, who was losing a battle with the bottle back in the 1930s, was blamed for the accident, and she's been paying for her mistake ever since.» serious mistake = error grave.
Example: The most serious mistake the man makes is underestimating the power of nature.» spelling mistake = error ortográfico, falta ortográfica.
Example: Spelling mistakes are the most common but there are also more misleading errors.» spot + a mistake = detectar un error.
Example: A serious omission or duplication in a page of prose, for instance, might necessitate the rejustification of dozens of lines, whereas if the mistake had been spotted in the stick it could have been set right in a matter of moments.» susceptible to mistake = susceptible de error.
Example: Apart from errors due to general carelessness, proper names and chemical and mathematical formulae are particularly susceptible to mistakes.» typing mistake = error tipográfico, error mecanográfico, error de mecanografía.
Example: The software package such as spelling errors or various minor typing mistakes.» typographical mistake = error tipográfico.
Example: He took it upon himself to correct what he appears to have considered typographical mistakes and even infelicities in the text = Asumió la responsabilidad de corregir lo que parece que había considerado que eran errores tipográficos e incluso cosas desacertadas que contenía el texto.» unfortunate mistake = error desafortunado.
Example: On Friday, the boy was finally reunited with his parents, and while it sounds like the incident was a really unfortunate mistake, it's still majorly unsettling.mistake2 = errar, equivocarse. [Verbo irregular: pasado mistook, participio mistaken]
Example: A flat 'no' to a question such as 'Is this book recommended for Professor Shaw's course?' leaves uncertainty as to whether one was mistaken in the professor or in the suggestion that it was for a course.more:
» mistake + Nombre + for + Nombre = confundir + Nombre + por + Nombre.
Example: In these circumstances it is easy to relapse into 'scientism' and mistake means for ends = En estas circunstancias es fácil reaer en el "cientifismo" y confundir los medios por los fines.» mistake + Nombre + for = confundir con, tomar por.
Example: Man says he was beaten after running from plain-clothes cop he mistook for a robber.