/ekiβoˈkaðo/
#892 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
wrong; mistaken
Word origin
The past participle of equivocar ('to mistake'), from Late Latin aequivocus ('of equal voice, ambiguous'), from aequus ('equal') plus vox ('voice'). The same root gives English equivocal and vocal.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- aequivocus
- English cognates
- equivocal, vocal, equal
Grammar
Feminineequivocada
Masc pluralequivocados
Fem pluralequivocadas
Examples
.
You are wrong about what happened.
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We took the wrong train.
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He gave me the wrong number.
seguidas.
She rang the wrong number three times in a row.
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I was mistaken in thinking it would be easy.
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