Meanings (ES + gloss)
confundir con • equivocar por
To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
Don't mistake my kindness for weakness.
Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.
equivocarse
To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
"Bah!" said the Englishwoman: "what knight ever feared cold? Besides, you mistake; the night is warm, and you look so handsome in your gown."
1720, Jonathan Swift, “Letter to a Young Clergyman” in The Works of Jonathan Swift, London: Charles Elliot, 1784, Volume 10, pp. 6-7, No gentleman thinks it is safe or prudent to s…
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