yerro

Definitions of yerro
  1. noun
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
    synonyms: equivocación, error, fallo, falta
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    mancha, mácula
    an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
    confusión
    a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
    desacierto, error de cálculo, gabarro, trabacuenta
    a mistake in calculating
    distorsión, tergiversación
    the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
    lapsus, olvido
    a mistake resulting from inattention
    descuido, omisión
    a mistake resulting from neglect
    buñuelo, cagada, cantada, cante, gazapatón, gazapo, patinazo, pifia
    an embarrassing mistake
    cacao, chapucería, chapuza, follón, lío
    something badly botched or muddled
    estupidez, imbecilidad, tontería
    a stupid mistake
    solecismo
    a socially awkward or tactless act
    coladura, metedura de pata, plancha
    a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
    traspié, trompicón, tropezón, tropiezo
    an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
    type of:
    malogro
    an act that does not achieve its intended goal
  2. noun
    part of a statement that is not correct
    synonyms: desacierto, desencert, equivocación, error, malencert
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    errata, error de imprenta, gazapo
    a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
    type of:
    falencia
    a statement that contains a mistake
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