wrong

adjective
I'm afraid I'll make the wrong decision.J'ai peur de prendre la mauvaise décision.
We got married for the wrong reasons.Nous nous sommes mariés pour les mauvaises raisons.
a. faux
The information they gave us was wrong.Les renseignements qu'ils nous ont donnés étaient faux.
The clock showed the wrong time.L'horloge n'était pas à l'heure.
a. mal
I think hunting is wrong.Je trouve que c'est mal de chasser.
It's wrong for one group of people to take land from another.Il est injuste qu'un groupe s'empare de la terre d'un autre.
adverb
a. mal
I must have dialled wrong.J'ai dû mal composer le numéro.
It's spelled wrong.C'est mal orthographié.
noun
a. mal (m)
a. tort (m)
transitive verb
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