mal-entendido
/mawẽtẽˈdʒidu/
o (masc.) a (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- os mal-entendidos
Meaning
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misunderstanding
Built from mal (badly) + entendido (understood).
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Foi um mal-entendido.
It was a misunderstanding.
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Made of
- mal badly
- entendido understood
Similar words
desentendimento is more about a disagreement or falling out, a rift; mal-entendido is more specifically about miscommunication, misunderstanding words.
Similar in other languages
German
Missverständnis is the German word for the same thing — both mean "misunderstanding."
Spanish
malentendido is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "misunderstanding."
Practice
1 What does mal-entendido mean?
misunderstanding
2 Fill the gap: Foi um mal-___.
Full sentence: Foi um mal-entendido. (It was a misunderstanding.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches mal-entendido?
mal-entendido: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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