verb/malinteɾpɾeˈtaɾ/
to misinterpret, to misunderstand, to misread, to misconstrue, to misapprehend
Synonyms: malentender
Related: malinterpretable, malinterpretación
Etymology tree Spanish mal- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Latin interpres Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin interpretārīlbor. Spanish interpretar Spanish malinterpretar From mal- + interpretar.