"make a mistake" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes a mistake [present, singular, third-person], making a mistake [participle, present], made a mistake [participle, past], made a mistake [past]
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  1. To err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.) Hyponyms: miscorrect, misbrand, misstate, fluff, put one's foot in it, fuck the dog, crash and burn, blunder, screw the pooch Related terms: error Translations (to err): gaboj (Albanian), zgarrar (Albanian), أَخْطَأَ (ʔaḵṭaʔa) (Arabic), غلط (ḡiḷaṭ) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), սխալվել (sxalvel) (Armenian), səhv buraxmaq (Azerbaijani), yanılmaq (Azerbaijani), памыляцца (pamyljacca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), 犯錯誤 (Chinese Mandarin), 犯错误 (fàn cuòwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 犯錯 (Chinese Mandarin), 犯错 (fàncuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 弄錯 (Chinese Mandarin), 弄错 (nòngcuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 搞錯 (Chinese Mandarin), 搞错 (gǎocuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 出錯 (Chinese Mandarin), 出错 (chūcuò) (Chinese Mandarin), fejle (Danish), erari (Esperanto), tehdä virhe (Finnish), erehtyä (Finnish), se tromper (French), commettre une erreur (French), faire une erreur (French), versehen (German), טעה (ta'á) (Hebrew), téved (Hungarian), hibázik (Hungarian), hibát követ el (Hungarian), hibát ejt (Hungarian), téveszt (Hungarian), eltéveszt [transitive] (Hungarian), elnéz [transitive] (Hungarian), erorar (Ido), déan earráid (Irish), déan dearmad (Irish), sbagliare (Italian), commettere un errore (Italian), fare un errore (Italian), 間違える (machigaeru) (Japanese), បង្កើតកំហុស (bɑɑbɑngkaət-kɑmhoh) (Khmer), oberrō (Latin), errō (Latin), błędzić [perfective] (Polish), błądzić [imperfective] (Polish), zabłądzić [perfective] (Polish), errar (Portuguese), cometer um erro (Portuguese), enganar-se (Portuguese), greși (Romanian), ошиба́ться (ošibátʹsja) (Russian), स्रेधति (sredhati) (Sanskrit), errar (Spanish), equivocarse (Spanish), cometer un error (Spanish), begå ett misstag (Swedish), помиля́тися (pomyljátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), помили́тися (pomylýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), зро́бити по́ми́лку (zróbyty pómýlku) [perfective] (Ukrainian), phạm lỗi (Vietnamese)
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Inflected forms

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          "word": "make a mistake"
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          "word": "blow it"
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          "word": "drop the ball"
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          "word": "put a foot wrong"
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "gaboj"
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to err",
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          "roman": "ʔaḵṭaʔa",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "أَخْطَأَ"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡiḷaṭ",
          "sense": "to err",
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          "word": "غلط"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "sxalvel",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "սխալվել"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "səhv buraxmaq"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "yanılmaq"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pamyljacca",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "памыляцца"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "犯錯誤"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fàn cuòwù",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "犯错误"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "犯錯"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fàncuò",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "犯错"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "弄錯"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nòngcuò",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "弄错"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "搞錯"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gǎocuò",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "搞错"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "出錯"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chūcuò",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "出错"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "fejle"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "erari"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "tehdä virhe"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "erehtyä"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "se tromper"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "commettre une erreur"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "faire une erreur"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "versehen"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ta'á",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "טעה"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "téved"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "hibázik"
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          "sense": "to err",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "hibát ejt"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "téveszt"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to err",
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          "word": "eltéveszt"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "elnéz"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "erorar"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "déan earráid"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "déan dearmad"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "sbagliare"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "commettere un errore"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "fare un errore"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "machigaeru",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "間違える"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkaət-kɑmhoh",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "បង្កើតកំហុស"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "oberrō"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "errō"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "błędzić"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "błądzić"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "zabłądzić"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "errar"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "cometer um erro"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "enganar-se"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "greși"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ošibátʹsja",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "ошиба́ться"
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        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sredhati",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "स्रेधति"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "errar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "equivocarse"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "cometer un error"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "begå ett misstag"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pomyljátysja",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "помиля́тися"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pomylýtysja",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "помили́тися"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zróbyty pómýlku",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зро́бити по́ми́лку"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "phạm lỗi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make a mistake"
}
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      "form": "makes a mistake",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "making a mistake",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made a mistake",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made a mistake",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "miscorrect"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "misbrand"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "misstate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "fluff"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "put one's foot in it"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "fuck the dog"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "crash and burn"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "blunder"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "screw the pooch"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "error"
    }
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        "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English light verb constructions",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Albanian translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gulf Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Translation hubs"
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        "To err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.)"
      ],
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          "err",
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        }
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "blow it"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "bobble"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "boob"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "crap up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "drop a bollock"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "drop the ball"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "err"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "foul up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "fuck up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "goof"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "goof up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "make a mistake"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "mess up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "misdo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "misstep"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "put a foot wrong"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "screw up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "slip up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "stuff up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "stumble"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "trip over the wire"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:make a mistake",
      "word": "trip up"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "gaboj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "zgarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḵṭaʔa",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "أَخْطَأَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡiḷaṭ",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "غلط"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sxalvel",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "սխալվել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "səhv buraxmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "yanılmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pamyljacca",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "памыляцца"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "犯錯誤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàn cuòwù",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "犯错误"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "犯錯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàncuò",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "犯错"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "弄錯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nòngcuò",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "弄错"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "搞錯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎocuò",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "搞错"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "出錯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chūcuò",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "出错"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "fejle"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "erari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "tehdä virhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "erehtyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "se tromper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "commettre une erreur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "faire une erreur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "versehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ta'á",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "טעה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "téved"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "hibázik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "hibát követ el"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "hibát ejt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "téveszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "eltéveszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "elnéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "erorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "déan earráid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "déan dearmad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "sbagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "commettere un errore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "fare un errore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "machigaeru",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "間違える"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkaət-kɑmhoh",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "បង្កើតកំហុស"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "oberrō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "errō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "błędzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "błądzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zabłądzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "errar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "cometer um erro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "enganar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "greși"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ošibátʹsja",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "ошиба́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sredhati",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "स्रेधति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "errar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "equivocarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "cometer un error"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "begå ett misstag"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomyljátysja",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "помиля́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomylýtysja",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "помили́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zróbyty pómýlku",
      "sense": "to err",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зро́бити по́ми́лку"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "phạm lỗi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make a mistake"
}

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