Usage examples of "equivocada" in Spanish with translation to English

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Tenéis a la persona equivocada. You’ve got the wrong person.
Ella admitió que estaba equivocada. She admitted that she was wrong.
Hay un culto a la ignorancia en los Estados Unidos y siempre lo ha habido. El esfuerzo del anti-intelectualismo ha sido un constante lastre en el modo de funcionar de nuestra política y vida cultural. Inculcada por la equivocada creencia de que la democracia significa que "mi ignorancia es tan buena como tu cultura". There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Vas en la dirección equivocada. You're going the wrong way.
Ella no reconoce que está equivocada. She doesn't admit that she is wrong.
Van en la dirección equivocada. You're going the wrong way.
Tom le dijo a Mary que estaba equivocada. Tom told Mary that she was wrong.
Es probable que estés equivocada. You are probably wrong.
Es una idea equivocada que el dinero comprarlo todo. The idea that money can buy everything is wrong.
Tom se bajó en la estación equivocada. Tom got off at the wrong station.
Ella sabe que está equivocada, solo que no quiere admitirlo. She knows she is wrong, it's just that she doesn't want to admit it.
Le estás preguntando a la persona equivocada. You're asking the wrong person.
Escribí la dirección equivocada en el sobre. I wrote the wrong address on the envelope.
Me dijo una dirección equivocada a propósito. She told me a wrong address on purpose.
Me temo que estamos avanzando en la dirección equivocada. I am afraid we are advancing in the wrong direction.
Se cree que la policía ha detenido a la mujer equivocada. The police are believed to have arrested the wrong woman.
"A ver, tú eres... eh, um... M-" "¡¡Estás equivocada desde la primera letra!!" "Let's see, you're ... er, um ... M-" "You're wrong from the first letter!!"
Los confundidos viajeros se dieron cuenta de que se dirigían a la ciudad equivocada. The confused travelers realized they were headed toward the wrong town.
Para todo lo que concierne a restaurantes, comedores, cafeterías y cosas por el estilo, "retroalimentación" puede ser la palabra equivocada. As far as restaurants, canteens, cafeterias or similar things are concerned, "feedback" may be the wrong word.
Tom tomó el bus equivocado. Tom took the wrong bus.
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