misrepresent

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ represent

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

misrepresent (third-person singular simple present misrepresents, present participle misrepresenting, simple past and past participle misrepresented)

1. To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

   The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.

Derived terms

• misrepresentation

Translations

to inaccurately portray something

• Armenian: խեղաթյուրել (hy) (xeġatʻyurel)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 歪曲 (waai¹ kuk¹)

  Hakka: 歪曲 (vâi-khiuk)

  Hokkien: 歪曲 (oai-khiok)

  Mandarin: 歪曲 (zh) (wāiqū)

• French: détorquer (fr)
• German: umlügen (de)
• Latin: dētorqueō
• Maori: aweke, whakapeau, whakapeau
• Polish: przeinaczyć, przeinaczać
• Portuguese: deturpar (pt)
• Russian: искази́ть (ru) (iskazítʹ), передёргивать (ru) (peredjórgivatʹ), передёрнуть (ru) (peredjórnutʹ)
• Spanish: incurrir en falsedad
• Swedish: förvanska (sv)
• Thai: บิดเบือน (th) (bìt-bʉʉan)
• Ukrainian: переіна́кшити (pereinákšyty), переіна́кшувати (pereinákšuvaty)
• Vietnamese: bóp méo (vi), xuyên tạc (vi)

Further reading

• “misrepresent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.