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make a mistake

make a mistake verb: to err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.).

Verb

make a mistake (third-person singular simple present makes a mistake, present participle making a mistake, simple past and past participle made a mistake)

  1. To err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.)

make a mistake meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

make a mistake in Hindi

to make a mistake
ग़लत करना ġalat karnā

make a mistake in Tamil

to err
தவறு செய் tavaṟu cey, தப்பு பண்ணு tappu paṇṇu

make a mistake in Urdu

to make a mistake
غلط کرنا ġalat karnā

make a mistake in Telugu

to make a mistake, to err
పొరపడు porapaḍu
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make a mistake in Malayalam
പിഴക്കുക piḻakkuka
make a mistake in Gujarati
ભૂલવું bhūlvũ
make a mistake in Sanskrit
स्रेधति sredhati
make a mistake in Nepali
भुल्नु bhulnu
make a mistake in Arabic
أَخْطَأَ ʔaḵṭaʔa
make a mistake in Thai
เพลี่ยงพล่ำ, พลาดท่า
make a mistake in Vietnamese
phạm lỗi

Synonyms of make a mistake

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Forms of make a mistake

third-person singular presentmakes a mistake
present participlemaking a mistake
past participlemade a mistake
pastmade a mistake

Questions about make a mistake

What does make a mistake mean?
Make a mistake means to err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.).
What is make a mistake in Hindi?
Make a mistake in Hindi is ग़लत करना (ġalat karnā). See Make a mistake meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is make a mistake?
Make a mistake is a verb.
What is the past tense of make a mistake?
The past tense of make a mistake is made a mistake.

Words near make a mistake in the dictionary

  1. make a living
  2. make a long arm
  3. make a mark
  4. make a meal of
  5. make a meal out of
  6. make a mistake
  7. make a mockery of
  8. make a monkey of
  9. make a monkey out of
  10. make a mountain out of a molehill
  11. make a move

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Adapted from Wiktionary: make a mistake (page history and authors); ग़लत करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); غلط کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); పొరపడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); പിഴക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ભૂલવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); भुल्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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