Usually means: Incorrectly interpret or convey language.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word mistranslate:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. mistranslate: Merriam-Webster
  2. mistranslate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mistranslate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mistranslate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mistranslate: Vocabulary.com
  6. mistranslate: Wordnik
  7. mistranslate: Wiktionary
  8. mistranslate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. mistranslate: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Mistranslate, mistranslate: Dictionary.com
  11. Mistranslate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Mistranslate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. mistranslate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. mistranslate: Rhymezone
  15. Mistranslate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. mistranslate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. mistranslate: FreeDictionary.org
  18. mistranslate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. mistranslate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mistranslate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mistranslate: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mistranslate)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To translate incorrectly.

Similar:
mistranscribe, mistransliterate, mistransmit, mistransform, mistransfer, mistranspose, mistransport, mistrace, misconvert, misprocess, more...

Opposite:
translate correctly, translate precisely

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Similar:
mistranscribe, mistransliterate, mistransmit, mistransform, mistransfer, mistranspose, mistransport, mistrace, misconvert, misprocess, more...

Opposite:
translate correctly, translate precisely



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