Bahasa Melayu

salah

Bahasa Melayu

English

miscalculate, calculate wrongly, work out wrongly

Used when a calculation or estimate is not correct.

ساله

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Dia salah kira jumlah wang yang perlu dibayar.

    He miscalculated the amount of money that needed to be paid.

  2. Kami salah kira masa perjalanan dan tiba terlalu awal.

    We miscalculated the travel time and arrived too early.

Quick check

What does “miscalculate” mean in Malay?

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salah kira

The usual phrase is salah kira.

Word family

Common derived forms

bersalah
be wrong or guilty; culpable; deserving blame
menyalahkan
to blame someone
tersalah
mistaken; have wrong idea about; incorrect

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.