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mistranslate

mistranslate verb: to translate incorrectly.

Verb

mistranslate (third-person singular simple present mistranslates, present participle mistranslating, simple past and past participle mistranslated)

  1. (transitive) To translate incorrectly.

mistranslate meaning in Tamil

mistranslate in Tamil

தவறாக மொழிபெயர்

Forms of mistranslate

third-person singular presentmistranslates
present participlemistranslating
past participlemistranslated
pastmistranslated

Origin of mistranslate

From mis- + translate.

Questions about mistranslate

What does mistranslate mean?
Mistranslate means to translate incorrectly.
What is mistranslate in Tamil?
Mistranslate in Tamil is தவறாக மொழிபெயர். See Mistranslate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mistranslate?
Mistranslate is a verb.
What is the past tense of mistranslate?
The past tense of mistranslate is mistranslated.

Words near mistranslate in the dictionary

  1. mistransfused
  2. mistransfuses
  3. mistransfusing
  4. mistransfusion
  5. mistransfusions
  6. mistranslate
  7. mistranslated
  8. mistranslates
  9. mistranslating
  10. mistranslation
  11. mistranslational

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mistranslate (page history and authors); mistranslate (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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