errar

Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese errar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin errāre, present active infinitive of errō (“to err”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈʁaɾ/
• ː IPA^(key): /e.ˈʁa(ʁ)/
  • IPA^(key): /e.ˈʁa(ɾ)/, /e.ˈʁa(ɹ)/
  • IPA^(key): /e.ˈha(ɾ)/, /e.ˈha(ɻ)/
  • IPA^(key): /ɛ.ˈɦa(h)/

Verb

1. (intransitive) to err (to make a mistake)

   Errei quando mudei de emprego.

   I made a mistake when I changed my job.

   Errei no cálculo.

   I erred in the calculation.

2. (transitive) to miss (to fail to hit)

   A bala errou o alvo.

   The bullet missed the target.

3. (transitive) to do something incorrectly

   Se errares o passo, cairá.

   If you miss your step you will fall.

4. (intransitive) to roam (to wander or travel freely and with no specific destination)

Synonyms

• (to make a mistake): enganar-se, equivocar-se
• (to roam): perambular, vagar, vaguear

Antonyms

• (to make a mistake): acertar
• (to miss): acertar, atingir
• (to do something incorrectly): acertar

Related terms

• errado
• errante
• erro
• errôneo

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin errāre, present active infinitive of errō. Related to English and Spanish error.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈraɾ/ [eˈraɾ]
• Homophone: herrar

Verb

1. to miss
2. (poetic)to be wrong
3. (poetic)to wander around, to roam

Synonyms

• (to be wrong): equivocarse, marrar
• (to wander around): divagar, vagar

Derived terms

• erre que erre
• errante
• yerro

Related terms

• aberrar
• error
• erróneo