errar

From Old Portuguese errar, from Latin errāre, present active infinitive of errō (“to err”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ˈʁaɾ/
• (Brazil)ː
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): /e.ˈʁa(ɾ)/, /e.ˈʁa(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ˈha(ɾ)/, /e.ˈha(ɻ)/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ˈɦa(h)/

errar (first-person singular present indicative erro, past participle errado)

1. (intransitive) to err (to make a mistake)

   Errei quando mudei de emprego.

   I made a mistake when I changed my job.

   Errei no cálculo.

   I erred in the calculation.

2. (transitive) to miss (to fail to hit)

   A bala errou o alvo.

   The bullet missed the target.

3. (transitive) to do something incorrectly

   Se errares o passo, cairá.

   If you miss your step you will fall.

4. (intransitive) to roam (to wander or travel freely and with no specific destination)

• (to make a mistake): enganar-se, equivocar-se
• (to roam): perambular, vagar, vaguear

• (to make a mistake): acertar
• (to miss): acertar, atingir
• (to do something incorrectly): acertar

• errado
• errante
• erro
• errôneo

Latin errāre, present active infinitive of errō. Related to English and Spanish error.

• IPA^(key): /eˈraɾ/
• Homophone: herrar

errar (first-person singular present yerro, first-person singular preterite erré, past participle errado)

1. to miss
2. (poetic)to be wrong
3. (poetic)to wander around, to roam

• Rule: e becomes ye in stressed syllables, except in Latin America, where it is conjugated normally.

• (to be wrong): equivocarse, marrar
• (to wander around): divagar, vagar

• errante
• yerro

• aberrar
• error
• erróneo