mistake 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
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retrievable mistake
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retrievable mistake
reparable
rectify mistake/fault
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mistake in the PONS Dictionary

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mistake Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it was a mistake on Julia's part
fue un error por parte de Julia
this was an expensive mistake for the ministry
este error le ha salido caro al ministerio
make no mistake about it
no te equivoques
there must be some mistake
tiene que haber un error
I've made the same mistake again
he vuelto a cometer el mismo error
you have made a very serious mistake
has cometido un error muy grave
to make a mistake (when) writing/when speaking
equivocarse al escribir/al hablar
to make a mistake in one's calculations
equivocarse al hacer una cuenta
to repeat the same mistake again and again
recaer en el mismo error una y otra vez
to keep making the same mistake
reincidir siempre en el mismo error
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Trying to be perfect or trying to appear perfect leads one to feel down if one makes even the slightest mistake.
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Hubris prompted the boys to overprint issue 4, a mistake that they, their wives, and their storage spaces, still regret today.
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A common mistake is to grant the shared service center a status equal to that of business unit or division.
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Not a mistake; as this is a two-page island of horizontal writing within a book whose text is otherwise vertical, it is paginated backwards.
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One may not to mistake the three stages for wholly separate portions of the striving after virtue and perfection.
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The intent is to cause the kicker to get overly stressed about making a mistake and hopefully create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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It featured a live audience whose laughter meant that viewers could not mistake the show for a real chat show.
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They were over-cautious in not making a mistake and terrified about giving the wrong body back.
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However, in his new get-up, the dim-witted gangsters mistake him for the turtle.
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If you worry about being suddenly short of money, or accidentally making a mistake with your checking account, you can buy overdraft protection.
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