error

UK: /ˈer.ər/ US: /-ə`/

Translation

n [c, u]

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⇨ error

to send somebody a letter in error

enviar una carta a alguien por error

⇨ equivocación

to make an error

cometer una equivocación

⇨ falla amér.

Véase tb: a margin of error; trial and error

(Definition of error n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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