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wrong1

Pronunciation: /rɔːŋ; rɒŋ/

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Spanish translation of wrong

adj

  • 1 a (incorrect, inappropriate) [answer] equivocado, incorrecto you've given me the wrong change = se ha equivocado al darme el cambio we've taken the wrong bus = nos hemos equivocado de autobús he went in the wrong direction = tomó or (esp Esp) cogió para dónde no debía I did it the wrong way = lo hice mal this is the wrong time to mention the subject = este no es (el) momento oportuno para mencionar el tema she always says the wrong thing = siempre dice lo que no debe the picture is the wrong way up = el cuadro está al revés you've got your T-shirt on the wrong way round = llevas la camiseta al or del revés I'm the wrong person to ask = no soy la persona indicada para contestar esa pregunta b (mistaken) (pred) to be wrong = estar* equivocado I was wrong about her = la había juzgado mal
  • 2 (morally) stealing is wrong = robar está mal you were wrong to shout at her like that = no debiste haberle gritado así, estuviste mal en gritarle así I haven't done anything wrong = no he hecho nada malo what's wrong with that? = ¿qué hay de malo en eso?
  • 3 (amiss) (pred) what's wrong? = ¿qué pasa? there's something wrong with her/with the lock = algo le pasa/algo le pasa a la cerradura there's nothing wrong with your heart = su corazón está perfectamente bien

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