wrong Significado & definición

Significado de wrong en español

• 0 not correct -- equivocado

  • the wrong answer

  • We’re going the wrong way.

• 1 to think or say something that is not correct -- estar equivocado

  • You were wrong about the party – it’s today, not tomorrow.

• 2 If something is wrong, there is a problem. -- malo, no bien

  • There’s something wrong with my computer.

• 3 used to ask what the problem is -- ¿qué pasa?

• 4 to produce an answer or result that is not correct, or to say or write something that is not correct -- equivocarse en algo

  • I got most of the answers wrong.

  • The newspapers got the story completely wrong.

• 5 morally bad -- malo, moralmente incorrecto

  • It’s wrong to tell lies.

• 6 not suitable -- inadecuado

  • I think she’s wrong for this job.

• 7 to not understand a situation correctly -- tomar el rábano por las hojas

  • My mum got the wrong end of the stick and thought that Jim was my boyfriend.

• 8 in a way that is not correct -- mal

  • He always says my name wrong.

• 9 to develop problems -- estropearse, salir mal

  • Something’s gone wrong with my car.

• 10 behaviour that is not morally right -- mal

  • She’s old enough to know the difference between right and wrong.

• 11 not correct -- incorrecto/ta [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • the wrong answer la respuesta incorrecta

  • We took a wrong turn. Tomamos un giro equivocado.

• 12 not right, appropriate, or working correctly -- mal [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • What’s wrong Kay? You look terrible. ¿Qué pasa Kay? No tienes buena cara.

  • the wrong cartridge for my printer el cartucho equivocado para mi impresora

  • I think there’s something wrong with this camera. Creo que hay un problema con esta cámara.

  • It’s the wrong school for a shy kid like him. No es un buen colegio para un niño tímido como él.

• 13 not morally acceptable -- mal [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • It was wrong of him to take the money. Estuvo mal por su parte coger el dinero.

  • He thinks there’s nothing wrong with swimming naked. Él piensa que no hay nada de malo en nadar desnudo.

• 14 to start a relationship badly -- empezar con mal pie

  • We just got off on the wrong foot. Acabamos de empezar con mal pie.

• 15 in an incorrect way -- mal

  • It’s a word everyone pronounces wrong. Es una palabra que todo el mundo pronuncia mal.

• 16 -- tener algo mal

  • I got two answers wrong. Tuve dos respuestas mal.

  • Uh-oh, I think we did it wrong. Oh-oh, creo que lo hicimos mal.

• 17 to fail or stop working -- ir mal

  • Something went wrong and the machine stopped. Algo fue mal y la máquina se detuvo.

• 18 morally unacceptable behavior -- mal [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • the difference between right and wrong la diferencia entre el bien y el mal

• 19 being the person who did sth wrong -- tener la culpa

  • She refused to admit that she was in the wrong. Ella se negó a admitir que estaba equivocada.