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mistake /mɪˡsteɪk/ noun sbaglio m;
by ~ per sbaglio transitive verb (pt mistook, pp mistaken) sbagliare ‹road, house›;
fraintendere ‹meaning, words›;
~ for prendere per

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'mistake' found in these entries:

English:

boob - circle - glaring - mix - mix-up - slip

Italian:

disguido - distrazione - errore - fallo - prendere - sbagliare - sbagliarsi - sbaglio - scambiare - sgarro

mistake: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
mistake	n	(error)	errore, sbaglio nm
I'm sorry but I made a mistake. The correct number is four.
Scusa, ho fatto un errore. Il numero giusto è quattro.
mistake	n	(wrong act or decision)	sbaglio, errore nm
I should have given him the job: I made a mistake there.
Avrei dovuto dare il lavoro a lui: lì ho fatto uno sbaglio.
mistake	vtr	(identify wrongly)	scambiare, confondere vtr ⇒ ⇒
I didn't recognize her voice and mistook her for Jenny.
Non ho riconosciuto la sua voce e l'ho scambiata per Jenny.
Additional Translations
mistake	vtr	(choose wrongly)	confondere vtr ⇒
I mistook the car for a newer model and paid too much for it.
Ho confuso la macchina per un modello più recente e l'ho pagata troppo.
mistake	vtr	(misunderstand)	fraintendere, travisare vtr ⇒ ⇒
He mistook her remarks as being in favour of the change.
Ha frainteso le sue osservazioni, pensando che fossero a favore del cambiamento.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
by mistake	adv	(accidentally, not on purpose)	per errore, accidentalmente avv
Mi scusi, per errore ho preso il suo ombrello al posto del mio.
make a mistake			fare un errore
make no mistake			non fare errori
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'mistake' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'mistake':

A mistake that turns into perfection
Error, Mistake or Wrong?
First of all I apologize for my mistake about your name.
I made a serious mistake in one of my emails
I made the mistake of...
It was nice that you made a mistake
Make no mistake about it!
Meeting you was my biggest mistake.
Mistake
mistake on sending
rue the mistake
Sure was a hell of a mistake I made but I sure am glad that I made it
You are a mistake in her life
You didn't make a mistake...
You were a mistake.

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