Mistook in spanish

Mistook

pronunciation: mistoʊoʊk part of speech: verb
In gestures

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.

mistook = Tiempo pasado del verbo mistake. [Véase éste y sus derivados para los distintos significados]

Example: I mistook a girl for a guy in a shop recently, embarrassing both of us in front of a huge queue of people.
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