misspeak

Significat (Anglès)

1. (US, ambitransitive) To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To speak insultingly or disrespectfully.

Sinònims

mispronounce

err

lie

tell a lie

Traduccions

versprechen

ομιλώ εσφαλμενώς

faire un lapsus

impaperarsi

pronunciare male

equivocarse

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/mɪsˈspiːk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: misspeken

Heretat de anglès antic: *misspecan

In summary

From Middle English misspeken, mispeken, mysspeken, from Old English *misspecan, missprecan (“to murmur”), equivalent to mis- + speak.