Bahasa Melayu
salah
English
miscalculate, calculate wrongly, work out wrongly
Used when a calculation or estimate is not correct.
ساله
Examples
Contoh ayat
Dia salah kira jumlah wang yang perlu dibayar.
He miscalculated the amount of money that needed to be paid.
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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