equivocar

From Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocāre (“call”). Cognate to English equivocal.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ki.βuˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ki.voˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.ki.voˈkaɾ]

equivocar (first-person singular present equivoco, first-person singular preterite equivoquí, past participle equivocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to mistake, be wrong about, make a mistake
2. (pronominal) to make a mistake, to be mistaken, to be wrong

From Late Latin aequivocāre. Cognate with English equivocate.

equivocar (first-person singular present equivoco, first-person singular preterite equivoquei, past participle equivocado)

1. to confuse (two items)
2. to mislead, to cause to be wrong
3. (reflexive) to be mistaken, to make a mistake

   Synonyms: errar, enganar-se

• “equivocar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “equivocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Late Latin aequivocāre. Cognate with English equivocate.

• IPA^(key): /ekiboˈkaɾ/ [e.ki.β̞oˈkaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧qui‧vo‧car

equivocar (first-person singular present equivoco, first-person singular preterite equivoqué, past participle equivocado)

1. to mistake, mix up
2. (pronominal) to make a mistake
   • 2007, El sueño de Morfeo, Nada es suficiente:

     Vengo del mundo de imposibles, y allí los sueños son posibles, y yo he soñado alguna vez que tú y yo éramos felices y nada se podía interponer. Creo que me equivoqué.

     I come from the world of impossibles, and there dreams are possible. And I once dreamed that you and I were happy and that nothing could come between us. [Now] I believe I was mistaken.

• “equivocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024