equivocar
to get wrong
To make an error or cause someone else to err
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equivocate
to speak ambiguously
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-ar
verb suffix
Equivocar means to be wrong and can be thought of as equivocate0 + -ar1 (verb suffix1), since speaking ambiguously0 can lead to someone being wrong.
equivocar
to get wrong, to make a mistake
To get something wrong or make a mistake about a specific thing.
- Equivoqué la dirección del restaurante = I got the restaurant's address wrong
equivocarse
to be wrong, to be mistaken
The reflexive turns the error back on you. You're not getting something wrong, you're simply wrong.
- Me equivoqué = I was wrong
equivocarse de
to get the wrong (something), to pick the wrong (something)
'De' marks where something comes from, the category it belongs to. So 'equivocarse de puerta' is basically "to be wrong about the type of door," meaning you picked the wrong one.
- Me equivoqué de restaurante = I went to the wrong restaurant, I picked the wrong one from the category "restaurants"
equivocarse con
to be wrong about (something)
Con means "with" and marks accompaniment, what's alongside you. So equivocarse con algo is "to be wrong in how you engaged with something," meaning you misjudged it or handled it poorly.
- Me equivoqué con ese restaurante = I misjudged that restaurant, I engaged with it expecting something it wasn't