misunderstand
entender mal
definition
verb
he had misunderstood the policeman's hand signals
fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly.
translation of 'misunderstand'
verb
entender mal,
tomar en sentido erróneo
example
unless I 'misunderstand' you
Don't 'misunderstand' me - if people want to marry, all well and good, and I don't have a problem with that.
His characters persistently misread and 'misunderstand' the past.
And I'm presumptuous enough to assume that people might actually take the time to 'misunderstand' me.
But I'm not saying a child should have a veto; people frequently 'misunderstand' me.
don't 'misunderstand' me—I'm not implying she should be working
I don't even think the people that 'misunderstand' me know why.
I believe it is because we 'misunderstand' the real nature of love, and so confuse ourselves about the place of love in both romance and married life.
Authorities despise him, people 'misunderstand' him and villains continuously plot to get rid of him.
He has certainly managed to get an awful lot of people to 'misunderstand' him.
To 'misunderstand' it is to misread the bold signs of what will be the great historical markers our time.
I said, distinctly separating every word, so that she couldn't 'misunderstand' me.
don't 'misunderstand' me—I'm not implying she should be working
I mean, we're all good people, don't 'misunderstand' me, but their - politics is competitive.
What's new is that only in the most recent epoch has that process created minds that can understand the process, or 'misunderstand' it.
They do, of course: historians, like everyone else, can misread, misremember, misinterpret, or 'misunderstand' things.
In both cases, they miss the point and 'misunderstand' the man's track record.
I'm trying to show how maybe I tend to 'misunderstand' things or misconstrue things or tend to foreground certain things.
You need to be subtle and sensitive in family situations and personal relationships, as people tend to get hurt easily and 'misunderstand' you.
I absolutely hate it when someone 'misunderstands' me and then refuses to let me explain.
That is what prompted my original question to you and I must have 'misunderstood' your answer.
Although other people can sense that you have a powerful vision, you are often 'misunderstood' .
The point is that in this case the Inspector 'misunderstood' it and misapplied it considering its role in his decision letter.
I want this opportunity to explain my actions so that they are not 'misunderstood' or misinterpreted.
He wasn't 'misunderstood' , he didn't just make some indiscreet comment without thinking.
These provisions are regularly 'misunderstood' or deliberately misapplied by the police.
In effect it is said that she 'misunderstood' his evidence and hence failed to take into account a material consideration.
Lest we are 'misunderstood' , we are not saying the gesture to shelter refugees is a bad one.
This is an instance of an audience member 'misunderstanding' a panelist and being corrected.
How words are used can be crucial to understanding and 'misunderstanding' the world around us.
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