"go wrong" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go wrong.ogg Forms: goes wrong [present, singular, third-person], going wrong [participle, present], went wrong [past], gone wrong [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> wrong}} go wrong (third-person singular simple present goes wrong, present participle going wrong, simple past went wrong, past participle gone wrong)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To worsen; to fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: worsen Translations (to fail): mennä pieleen (Finnish), epäonnistua (Finnish), mennä mönkään [colloquial] (Finnish), mal tourner (French), schiefgehen (German), schieflaufen (German), השתבש (hishtabésh) (Hebrew), התפקשש (hitfakshésh) [slang] (Hebrew), félresikerül (Hungarian), fara úrskeiðis (Icelandic), finire male (Italian), takahē (Maori), dar errado (Portuguese), finiri a frocia (Sicilian), finiri a jocu di focu (Sicilian), ir mal (Spanish), mynd o'i le (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-go_wrong-en-verb-~zMTxOUM Disambiguation of 'to fail': 89 4 7
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To malfunction. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to malfunction): hajota (Finnish), mennä rikki (Finnish), mennä epäkuntoon (Finnish), elromlik (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-go_wrong-en-verb--bBZqbm3 Disambiguation of 'to malfunction': 3 95 2
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become wicked or depraved. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: break bad, go bad, go to the bad, stray Translations (to become depraved): turmeltua (Finnish), mennä rappiolle (Finnish), mal tourner (French), víkja af réttri leið (Icelandic), undjia shonga (Ngazidja Comorian)
    Sense id: en-go_wrong-en-verb-q4L9mvwP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 7 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 16 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 9 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 8 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 15 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 12 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 15 10 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 10 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 17 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations: 16 11 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 9 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 17 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 11 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 22 15 63 Disambiguation of 'to become depraved': 5 3 92

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to malfunction",
      "word": "mennä epäkuntoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to malfunction",
      "word": "elromlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become depraved",
      "word": "turmeltua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become depraved",
      "word": "mennä rappiolle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to become depraved",
      "word": "mal tourner"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to become depraved",
      "word": "víkja af réttri leið"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to become depraved",
      "word": "undjia shonga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go wrong"
}

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