el
/eˈror/
Translation
mistake, error
Word origin
From Latin error ('a wandering, a mistake'), from errare ('to wander, to err'). The same root gives the English words below.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- error
- English cognates
- error, err
Grammar
Examples
Cometi .
I made a mistake in the exam.
.
We all learn from our mistakes.
muestra .
The program is showing an error.
Reconocer .
Admitting a mistake early avoids bigger problems.
.
There was an error in the bill they sent yesterday.
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(5)Grammar articles
(18)Spanish Adverbs in -mente: How to Build Them and When to Avoid Them
Spanish Collocations: tomar una decisión, hacer una pregunta, cometer un error
Spanish Exclamations: ¡Qué bonito!, ¡Cuánta gente!, ¡Vaya día! (and the accents)
The Spanish Gerund (-ndo): Adverbial Uses and the Mistakes to Avoid (salió corriendo)
The Spanish Neuter lo (lo bueno, lo que, lo de)
The Spanish Perfect Subjunctive (haya hablado)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Spanish Prepositional Pronouns (para mí, conmigo, entre tú y yo)
The Spanish Present Progressive: estar + gerundio, and Why It Is Not the English -ing
Spanish Pronoun Order: Indirect Before Direct, and the le-to-se Rule
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Spanish Question Words: qué, quién, cuándo, dónde, cómo, cuál, cuánto, por qué
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
Reported Speech in Spanish: tense backshift (dice que, dijo que)
Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses
Spanish Subjunctive After Doubt and Denial
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative Clauses (busco a alguien que sepa)
Verbs with Prepositions in Spanish (Regimen Preposicional): the Fixed Verb + Preposition Pairs
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