equivocare

Meaning

to misunderstand

Concepts

misunderstand

make a mistake

misapprehend

misconceive

misconstrue

misinterpret

miscomprehend

misread

mistake

be amiss

Synonyms

fraintendere

confondere

interpretare male

capire male

Translations

missverstehen

παρεξηγώ

mal interpréter

misverstaan

falsch verstehen

yanlış anlamak

entender mal

entender mal

fehlinterpretieren

fallo

fallor

missdeuten

equivocar

παρανοώ

malentendre

Hyphenated as

e‧qui‧vo‧cà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.kwi.voˈka.re/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aequivocāre, present infinitive form of aequivocō (“to call with the same name”). By surface analysis, equivoco (“ambiguous”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).