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mis·trans·late

(mĭs′trăns-lāt′, -trănz-, mĭs-trăns′lāt′, -trănz′-)

tr.v. mis·trans·lat·ed, mis·trans·lat·ing, mis·trans·lates

To translate incorrectly.

mis′trans·la′tion n.

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mistranslate

(ˈmɪstrænzˈleɪt)

vb (tr)

to translate incorrectly

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mis•trans•late

(ˌmɪs trænsˈleɪt, -trænz-, mɪsˈtræns leɪt, -ˈtrænz-)

v.t., v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing.

to translate incorrectly.

[1525–35]

mis`trans•la′tion, n.

mistranslate

Past participle: mistranslated
Gerund: mistranslating

Imperative
mistranslate
mistranslate

Present
I mistranslate
you mistranslate
he/she/it mistranslates
we mistranslate
you mistranslate
they mistranslate

Preterite
I mistranslated
you mistranslated
he/she/it mistranslated
we mistranslated
you mistranslated
they mistranslated

Present Continuous
I am mistranslating
you are mistranslating
he/she/it is mistranslating
we are mistranslating
you are mistranslating
they are mistranslating

Present Perfect
I have mistranslated
you have mistranslated
he/she/it has mistranslated
we have mistranslated
you have mistranslated
they have mistranslated

Past Continuous
I was mistranslating
you were mistranslating
he/she/it was mistranslating
we were mistranslating
you were mistranslating
they were mistranslating

Past Perfect
I had mistranslated
you had mistranslated
he/she/it had mistranslated
we had mistranslated
you had mistranslated
they had mistranslated

Future
I will mistranslate
you will mistranslate
he/she/it will mistranslate
we will mistranslate
you will mistranslate
they will mistranslate

Future Perfect
I will have mistranslated
you will have mistranslated
he/she/it will have mistranslated
we will have mistranslated
you will have mistranslated
they will have mistranslated

Future Continuous
I will be mistranslating
you will be mistranslating
he/she/it will be mistranslating
we will be mistranslating
you will be mistranslating
they will be mistranslating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mistranslating
you have been mistranslating
he/she/it has been mistranslating
we have been mistranslating
you have been mistranslating
they have been mistranslating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mistranslating
you will have been mistranslating
he/she/it will have been mistranslating
we will have been mistranslating
you will have been mistranslating
they will have been mistranslating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mistranslating
you had been mistranslating
he/she/it had been mistranslating
we had been mistranslating
you had been mistranslating
they had been mistranslating

Conditional
I would mistranslate
you would mistranslate
he/she/it would mistranslate
we would mistranslate
you would mistranslate
they would mistranslate

Past Conditional
I would have mistranslated
you would have mistranslated
he/she/it would have mistranslated
we would have mistranslated
you would have mistranslated
they would have mistranslated

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Verb

mistranslate - translate incorrectly

translate, interpret, render - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."

Translations

mistranslate

[ˌmɪstrænsˈleɪt] VT → traducir mal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mistranslate

vt → falsch übersetzen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mistranslate

[ˌmɪstrænsˈleɪt] vt → tradurre in modo sbagliato

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