Polyglot Dictionary

equívoco

/eˈkivoku/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os equívocos

Meaning

  1. mistake

    • Foi um equívoco.

      It was a mistake.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

engano

equívoco is more about a misunderstanding or ambiguity-based mistake; engano is more general, an error or deception-adjacent mistake.

erro

equívoco is a mistake from a misunderstanding or ambiguity; erro is the general everyday word for "mistake, error."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

desacierto

desacierto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mistake."

Spanish

equivocación

equivocación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mistake."

Practice

1 What does equívoco mean?

2 Fill the gap: Foi um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches equívoco?

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