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mistake artinya

salah paham

/mɪˈsteɪk/UK[mɪˈsteɪk]

mistake in Indonesian: salah paham, kesalahan, kekeliruan. In English, mistake means to understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

Indonesian words for mistake

to take one thing for another
salah paham
error — see also error
kesalahan, kekeliruan

English meaning of mistake

  1. verb To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
  2. verb To misunderstand (someone).
  3. verb To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
  4. verb To take or choose wrongly.

Full definition of mistake

mistake in a sentence

  • Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.
  • Don't mistake my kindness for weakness.
  • There were too many mistakes in the test that, unfortunately, made you fail.

Synonyms of mistake

All synonyms of mistake

mistake in other languages

Questions about mistake in Indonesian

What is the meaning of mistake in Indonesian?
Mistake in Indonesian is salah paham, kesalahan, kekeliruan.
Apa arti mistake?
Mistake: salah paham, kesalahan, kekeliruan.
What does mistake mean in English?
Mistake means to understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mistake (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Indonesian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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