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MISTRANSLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mistranslate mean?
• MISTRANSLATE (verb)
The verb MISTRANSLATE has 1 sense:
1. translate incorrectly
Familiarity information: MISTRANSLATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they mistranslate ... he / she / it mistranslates
Past simple: mistranslated
Past participle: mistranslated
-ing form: mistranslating
... he / she / it mistranslates Past simple: mistranslated
Past participle: mistranslated
-ing form: mistranslating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Translate incorrectly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "mistranslate" is one way to...):
interpret; render; translate (restate (words) from one language into another language)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
mistranslation (an incorrect translation)
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