Mali (en. Wrong)

/ma.li/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

verb

An action indicating being wrong.

He was wrong, so he decided to correct his mistake.

Mali siya kaya nagpasya siyang ituwid ang kanyang pagkakamali.

adjective

Indicates an incorrect state or situation.

His answer to the question is wrong.

Mali ang kanyang sagot sa tanong.

Expresses a mistake or flaw.

He made a mistake in his decision.

Nagawa niya ang mali sa kanyang desisyon.

The word 'mali' comes from the Austronesian language root.

I had a wrong experience.

There was a bad experience.

Mali ang dinanas ko.

to speak

The act of saying things that are wrong.

magsalita

to make a mistake

The act of making a mistake.

magkamali

screwed up

What you said earlier was wrong, you shouldn't have said that.

Mali yung sinabi mo kanina, dapat 'di mo na lang sinabi.

mistake

I thought what I did was right, but it was actually wrong.

Akala ko tama yung ginawa ko, pero mali pala.

wrong

You took the wrong bus, you made a mistake.

Mali ang dinasakyan mong bus, nagkamali ka.

off-base

You're off-base with your assumptions about the situation, we don't have that.

Mali ang ina-assume mo sa sitwasyon, wala tayong ganun.