La Palabra del Día: Equivocado
Equivocado
mistaken
Special thanks to Dr. Vicente for the idea for this word
If you have ideas for good words, please send me a PM – I will make it a future word of the day.
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Siempre tengo razón. Una vez, creía que estaba equivocado, pero hallé que tenía razón, como siempre. (jaja – solo estoy bromeando….)
I am always right. Once, I thought that I was wrong, but then found out that I was right, as usual. (just joking… )
24 Answers
Todos los que nunca dan su brazo a torcer están equivocados
All those who never give in are mistaken.
De vez en cuando todo el mundo se equivoca. ¡Estaba equivocado con mi primer intento de esta frase!
Occasionally everybody makes mistakes. I was wrong with my first attempt of this sentence!
Cuando vamos para vacacíones prefiero que mi marido conduzca el coche, porque si está equivocado, no importa, pero si me equivozco de camino podría ser un desastre grande.
When we go on holiday I pefer my husband to do the driving, as, if he makes amistake it doen't matter, whereas if I should take the wrong road we might have a major problem.
No me importa a mi el hecho que siempre haya alguna equivocada con mis frases aquí en SD porque sería muy aburrido si tuviera razón cada día . Pero sería bueno ser tener razón de vez en cuando
I don't mind the fact that there is always something wrong with my phrases here on SD because it would be very boring if I was correct every day. But it would be good to be right now and then
Cuando estoy destraído, de vez en cuando pasa que me pongo un calcetín equivocado.
When I'm absent-minded, it sometimes happens that I put on a wrong sock.
Puede ocurrir que en Wikipedia los datos son equivocados. No es ningún milagro porque no es escrito por científicos.
I may happen that in the Wikipedia the data are mistaken. It is not a wonder because it is not written by scholars
Cuando alguien está equivocado y queremos que rectifique decimos: ¡Rectificar es de sabios!
When someone is mistaken and we want him to correct, we say: Wise people make corrections!
Cuando me desperté,pensé que hoy no haría errores.Estaba equivocado.
When I woke up, I thought I would make no mistakes today.I was mistaken.
I was mistaken. I never believed in Santa Claus. 
Estaba equivocada. Nunca creía en Papá Noel.
Una vez pensé que me equivoqué pero... estaba equivocada 
Once I thought I was wrong but... I was mistaken.
El agente de policía hizo detuvo a una persona inocente, estuvo fue un caso de identificación equivocada.
The police officer arrested an innocent person, it was a case of mistaken identity.
He stopped suddenly in the street because he throught that he had recognised the girl who was standing in front of the shop window. He went to talk to her but after listening to him speak she told him that her name was not Alexandria and that he was mistaken.
= Se paró de repente* en la calle porque creyó que había reconocido a la chica que estaba de pie delante del escaparate. Se acercó hacia ella para hablarle pero después de escucharle hablar, le dijo que su nombre no era Alexandria y que estaba equivocado.
o subitamente*
.Corrijan mi español, por favor 
Original sentence:
Se paró de repente* en la calle porque creyó que hube reconocido la chica que estaba de pie delante de la ventana de la tienda. La se acercó para hablar con ella pero después de escucharle hablar, le dijo que su nombre no era Alexandria y estaba equivocado.
Era equivocado a ser un miembro de SD porque hay solamente estuve 24 horas por día,
y necesito más tiempo.
It was wrong to become a member of SD because there are only 24 hours in a day ,
and I need more time.
Demasiado a menudo las opiniones equivocadas están mezcladas mezclarse en con la verdad.
Too often mistaken opinions are mixed in with the truth.
Cada vez que estoy equivocado me duele la cabeza, una condición crónica para mí.
Everytime I am mistaken it hurts my head, a chronic condition for me.
