transitive verb or intransitive verbWord forms: -lated, -lating
to translate incorrectly
Derived forms
mistranslation
noun
Word origin
[1525–35; mis-1 + translate]This word is first recorded in the period 1525–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dominant, secure, shuffle, society, spoilermis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust
Examples of 'mistranslate' in a sentence
mistranslate
The first three lines would be hard to mistranslate.