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be misguided

[/bi ˈmɪsˌɡaɪdɪd/]
verb
estar equivocado
1. to have incorrect or mistaken beliefs, judgments, or intentions; to be guided by wrong principles or false information
You would be misguided to trust that source of information.
Você estaria equivocado em confiar nessa fonte de informação.
2. to act or proceed based on false assumptions or poor judgment
The company's decision to ignore customer feedback was misguided.
A decisão da empresa de ignorar o feedback dos clientes foi equivocada.
Synonyms
be mistakenbe wrongbe ill-advisedbe confused
Antonyms
be correctbe well-advisedbe informedbe enlightened

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
estar equivocado / estar enganado
Most common usage in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
estar equivocado / andar errado
Colloquial variation
São Paulo
estar equivocado / estar com ideia errada
Standard usage
Portugal
estar enganado / estar desorientado
Portuguese preference for estar enganado

Related Idioms & Phrases

barking up the wrong tree
be on the wrong track
be led astray
have the wrong end of the stick
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