"be wrong" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: is wrong [present, singular, third-person], being wrong [participle, present], was wrong [past], been wrong [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> wrong}} 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 Translations (have an incorrect belief, be mistaken): yanılmaq (Azerbaijani), səhv etmək (Azerbaijani), səhv salmaq (Azerbaijani), çaşmaq [often] (Azerbaijani), памыля́цца (pamyljácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), памылі́цца (pamylícca) [perfective] (Belarusian), быць няпра́вым (bycʹ njaprávym) [imperfective] (Belarusian), 是錯的 (Chinese Mandarin), 是错的 (shì cuò de) (Chinese Mandarin), mýlit se (Czech), být na omylu (Czech), mis hebben (Dutch), zich vergissen (Dutch), malpravi (Esperanto), erari (Esperanto), eksima (Estonian), olla väärässä (Finnish), avoir tort (French), se tromper (French), méprendre (French), sich täuschen (German), sich irren (German), sich verschätzen (German), κάνω λάθος (káno láthos) (Greek), téved (Hungarian), nincs igaza (Hungarian), salah (Indonesian), sbagliare (Italian), sbagliarsi (Italian), ingannarsi (Italian), errare (Italian), essere in errore (Italian), essere in torto (Italian), 間違う (machigau) (Japanese), fallor (Latin), errō (Latin), lābor (Latin), xelet bûn (Northern Kurdish), ta feil (Norwegian), być w błędzie (Polish), mylić się (Polish), estar errado (Portuguese), nu avea dreptate (Romanian), ошиба́ться (ošibátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), ошиби́ться (ošibítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), быть непра́вым (bytʹ neprávym) [imperfective] (Russian), estar equivocado (Spanish), ha fel (Swedish), ผิด (pìt) (Thai), помиля́тися (pomyljátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), помили́тися (pomylýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), бу́ти непра́вим (búty neprávym) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-be_wrong-en-verb-6PQuQXDX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Translation hubs

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "being wrong",
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      "form": "was wrong",
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "yanılmaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "səhv etmək"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "səhv salmaq"
        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          ],
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
            "often"
          ],
          "word": "çaşmaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pamyljácca",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "памыля́цца"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pamylícca",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "памылі́цца"
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        {
          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "bycʹ njaprávym",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "быць няпра́вым"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "是錯的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shì cuò de",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "是错的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "mýlit se"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "být na omylu"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "mis hebben"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "zich vergissen"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "malpravi"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "erari"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "eksima"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "olla väärässä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "avoir tort"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "se tromper"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "méprendre"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "sich täuschen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "sich irren"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "sich verschätzen"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "káno láthos",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "κάνω λάθος"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "téved"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "nincs igaza"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "salah"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "sbagliare"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "ingannarsi"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "errare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "essere in errore"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "essere in torto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "machigau",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "間違う"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "xelet bûn"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "fallor"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "errō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "lābor"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "ta feil"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "być w błędzie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "mylić się"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "estar errado"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "nu avea dreptate"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ošibátʹsja",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ошиба́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ošibítʹsja",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ошиби́ться"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bytʹ neprávym",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "быть непра́вым"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "estar equivocado"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "ha fel"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pìt",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "word": "ผิด"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pomyljátysja",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "помиля́тися"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pomylýtysja",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "помили́тися"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "búty neprávym",
          "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "бу́ти непра́вим"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "be wrong"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "yanılmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "səhv etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "səhv salmaq"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
        "often"
      ],
      "word": "çaşmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pamyljácca",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "памыля́цца"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pamylícca",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "памылі́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bycʹ njaprávym",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "быць няпра́вым"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "是錯的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shì cuò de",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "是错的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "mýlit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "být na omylu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "mis hebben"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "zich vergissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "malpravi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "erari"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "eksima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "olla väärässä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "avoir tort"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "se tromper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "méprendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "sich täuschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "sich irren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "sich verschätzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "káno láthos",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "κάνω λάθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "téved"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "nincs igaza"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "salah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "sbagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "sbagliarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "ingannarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "errare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "essere in errore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "essere in torto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "machigau",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "間違う"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "xelet bûn"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "fallor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "errō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "lābor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "ta feil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "być w błędzie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "mylić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "estar errado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "nu avea dreptate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ošibátʹsja",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ошиба́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ošibítʹsja",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ошиби́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bytʹ neprávym",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "быть непра́вым"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "estar equivocado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "ha fel"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pìt",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "word": "ผิด"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomyljátysja",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "помиля́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomylýtysja",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "помили́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "búty neprávym",
      "sense": "have an incorrect belief, be mistaken",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бу́ти непра́вим"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be wrong"
}

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