misunderstand

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ understand

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪsʌn.də(r)ˈstænd/

Verb

misunderstand (third-person singular simple present misunderstands, present participle misunderstanding, simple past and past participle misunderstood)

1. To understand incorrectly, while thinking to have understood correctly.

Translations

to understand incorrectly, while thinking to have understood correctly

Albanian: keqkuptoj (sq) Arabic: اساء الفهم (’asá’a-l-fáhem) Armenian: սխալ հասկանալ (səxal haskanal) Chinese: Mandarin: 誤會 (cmn), 误会 (cmn) (wùhuì) Croatian: pogrešno razumjeti Czech: neporozumět, špatně pochopit Danish: misforstå (da) Dutch: misverstaan (nl) Esperanto: malinterpreti (eo) Estonian: valesti aru saama Finnish: käsittää/ymmärtää väärin French: mal interpréter Georgian: არასწორად გაგება (arasts‘orad gageba) German: missverstehen (de) Greek: παρεξηγώ (el) Hindi: ग़लत समझना (galat samajhnā)

Hungarian: félreért (hu) Indonesian: salah paham Italian: fraintendere (it), equivocare (it) Japanese: 勘違いする (かんちがいする, kanchigai suru), 誤解する (ごかいする, gokai suru) Korean: 오해하다 (ohaehada) Latin: male teneo, male intellego, male capio, male percipio, male scio, male comprehendo, fallor (la), fallo (la) Malay: salah faham Mongolian: буруу ойлгох (mn) (buruu oylgoh) Norwegian: misforstå (no) Portuguese: entender mal Russian: неправильно понимать (neprávil’no ponimát’) Spanish: entender mal Swedish: missförstå (sv) Thai: เข้าใจผิด (kâo jai pìt), เขว (kwăy) Turkish: yanlış anlamak Urdu: غلط سمجھنا (galat samajhnā)