mis·con·strue (m s k n-str  )tr.v. mis·con·strued, mis·con·stru·ing, mis·con·strues To mistake the meaning of; misinterpret. |
misconstrue [ˌmɪskənˈstruː]
vb -strues, -struing, -strued
(tr) to interpret mistakenly
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| Verb | 1. |  misconstrue - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" |
misconstrue
verb misinterpret, misunderstand, misjudge, misread, mistake, misapprehend, get a false impression of, misconceive, mistranslate, get your lines crossed about, make a wrong interpretation of An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the relationship.
Translations
misconstrue
vt → missverstehen, missdeuten, falsch auslegen; you have misconstrued my meaning → Sie haben mich falsch verstanden; to misconstrue something as something → etw irrtümlicherweise für etw halten
v misconstrue [ˌmiskənˈstruː]
(formal) to misunderstand; to interpret wrongly That's not what she meant, her statement was misconstrued. verkeerd opvat يُفَسِّر تَفْسيراً خاطِئا погрешно тълкувам špatně si vyložit, nepochopit misforstå mißverstehen παρεξηγώ, παρερμηνεύω interpretar mal, malinterpretar vääriti mõistma بد تعبیر کردن mal interpréter לְפָרֵש לא נָכוֹן गलत अर्थ लगाना krivo tumačiti félreért, félremagyaráz salah paham fraintendere 誤解する 오해하다 neteisingai aiškinti/suprasti pārprast, nepareizi iztulkot menyalahtafsirkan verkeerd begrijpen; verkeerd opvatten misforstå; fordreie mylnie interpretować неправильно истолковывать nesprávne interpretovať napačno (si) razlagati pogrešno protumačiti miss-, feltolka เข้าใจความหมายผิด yanlış anlamak 誤解 неправильно тлумачити غلط مفہوم لینا hiểu sai; giải thích sai 误解
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