equivocar
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocāre (“call”). Cognate to English equivocal.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ki.βuˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ki.voˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.ki.voˈkaɾ]
Verb
[edit]equivocar (first-person singular present equivoco, first-person singular preterite equivoquí, past participle equivocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- to mistake, be wrong about, make a mistake
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to make a mistake, to be mistaken, to be wrong
Conjugation
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[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin aequivocāre. Cognate with English equivocate.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]equivocar (first-person singular present equivoco, first-person singular preterite equivoquei, past participle equivocado)
- to confuse (two items)
- to mislead, to cause to be wrong
- (reflexive) to be mistaken, to make a mistake
- Synonyms: errar, enganar-se
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “equivocar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “equivocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin aequivocāre. Cognate with English equivocate.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ekiboˈkaɾ/ [e.ki.β̞oˈkaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: e‧qui‧vo‧car
Verb
[edit]equivocar (first-person singular present equivoco, first-person singular preterite equivoqué, past participle equivocado)
- to mistake, mix up
- (reflexive) to make a mistake
- 2007, El sueño de Morfeo, Nada es suficiente:
- Vengo del mundo de imposibles, y allí los sueños son posibles, y yo he soñado alguna vez que tú y yo éramos felices y nada se podía interponer. Creo que me equivoqué.
- I come from the world of impossibles, and there dreams are possible. And I once dreamed that you and I were happy and that nothing could come between us. [Now] I believe I was mistaken.
Conjugation
[edit]These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “equivocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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