be wrong

English

Verb

be wrong (third-person singular simple present is wrong, present participle being wrong, simple past was wrong, past participle been wrong)

1. To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Synonyms

• be mistaken
• err

Antonyms

• be right

Translations

have an incorrect belief, be mistaken

• Azerbaijani: yanılmaq (az), səhv etmək, səhv salmaq, çaşmaq (az) (often as a converb)
• Belarusian: памыля́цца impf (pamyljácca), памылі́цца (be) pf (pamylícca), быць няпра́вым impf (bycʹ njaprávym)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錯了, 错了 (cuò le)

• Czech: mýlit se (cs), být na omylu
• Dutch: mis hebben, zich vergissen (nl)
• Esperanto: malpravi, erari (eo)
• Estonian: eksima (et)
• Finnish: olla väärässä (fi)
• French: avoir tort (fr), se tromper (fr), méprendre (fr)
• German: sich täuschen (de), sich irren (de), sich verschätzen (de)
• Greek: έχω λάθος (écho láthos)
• Hungarian: téved (hu), nincs igaza

• Indonesian: salah (id)
• Italian: essere in torto
• Japanese: 間違う (ja) (machigau)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xelet bûn (ku)

• Latin: fallor, errō (la), lābor (la)
• Norwegian: ta feil
• Polish: być w błędzie (pl), mylić się (pl)
• Portuguese: estar errado
• Russian: ошиба́ться (ru) impf (ošibátʹsja), ошиби́ться (ru) pf (ošibítʹsja), быть непра́вым impf (bytʹ neprávym)
• Spanish: estar equivocado
• Swedish: ha fel
• Thai: ผิด (th) (pìt)
• Ukrainian: помиля́тися impf (pomyljátysja), помили́тися pf (pomylýtysja), бу́ти непра́вим impf (búty neprávym)