mistakes in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.mistake [Am məˈsteɪk, Brit mɪˈsteɪk] N

mistake
error m
a bad mistake
un error garrafal
a serious mistake
un grave error
a spelling mistake
una falta de ortografía
there must be some mistake
debe de haber algún error
sorry, my mistake
lo siento, es culpa mía
to make a mistake
cometer un error
to make a mistake
equivocarse
he made the mistake of telling them his address
cometió el error de darles su dirección
she made a mistake in adding up the total
se equivocó al sumar el total
we all make mistakes
todos cometemos errores
anyone can make a mistake
cualquiera se puede equivocar
make no mistake (about it)
no te quepa la menor duda (de ello)
it's hot today and no mistake
hoy sí que hace calor
by mistake
por equivocación
by mistake
por error
she took somebody else's umbrella in mistake for her own
se llevó un paraguas ajeno creyendo que era el suyo
the fourth child was a mistake
el cuarto niño fue un accidente

II.mistake <pt mistook, pp mistaken> [Am məˈsteɪk, Brit mɪˈsteɪk] VB trans

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retrievable mistake
subsanable
retrievable mistake
remediable
retrievable mistake
reparable
rectify mistake/fault
rectificar

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equivocación
mistake
no se pueden consentir tales equivocaciones
mistakes o errors like these cannot be permitted
no cometas esa equivocación
don't make that mistake
tiene que haber una equivocación
there must be some mistake o a misunderstanding
por equivocación
by mistake
llamaron a mi puerta por equivocación
they knocked at my door by mistake
falta de ortografía
spelling mistake
yerro
mistake
el informe adolece de muchos errores
the report contains o has many mistakes
a veces comete errores de principiante
sometimes he makes really basic mistakes
tropiezo
mistake

mistakes in the PONS Dictionary

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II.mistake [mɪˈsteɪk] VB trans irreg

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a catalog of mistakes fig
un error detrás de otro
to be riddled with mistakes
estar plagado, -a de errores
to learn from one's mistakes
aprender de los propios errores

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mistakes Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be riddled with mistakes
estar plagado, -a de errores
a catalog of mistakes fig
un error detrás de otro
to learn from one's mistakes
aprender de los propios errores
to learn from one's mistakes
aprender de los propios errores
to repeat past mistakes
repetir los errores del pasado
to be peppered with mistakes
estar lleno de errores
you have made a very serious mistake
has cometido un error muy grave
to learn from sb else's mistakes
escarmentar en cabeza ajena
to make a mistake in one's calculations
equivocarse al hacer una cuenta
the text was full of mistakes
el texto estaba plagado de faltas
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He notices his mistakes, and is able to properly reflect upon them.
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A bungling teacher has been ridiculed for sending a parent a school report littered with 16 spelling errors and punctuation mistakes.
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Engaging in the pursuit of science may help us make fewer mistakes.
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I should have been saved from many grievous mistakes and many misjudgments.
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A non-mathematical statement of this law is, the greatest growth occurs when the greatest number of mistakes are made consistent with survival.
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A passing test is no mistakes in the first nine pairs, or only two mistakes in the eighteen presentations shown to the examinee.
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We can never correct mistakes made in the past, but we can learn from the past, he told parliamentarians.
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Surely a man in his position is big enough to carry his own mistakes.
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Multiple contradictory versions of the legend survive to this day as historians tried to patch up some obvious mistakes and make it more historically sound.
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In general, opponents must respond to aggressive play by playing more loosely, which offers more opportunities to make mistakes.
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