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errar

to err

verb eh-RRAHR Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Origin: Latin errare (to wander, stray)

Also means

to wander

Usage Note

Errar is irregular: the stem-initial e becomes ye in the stressed present forms (yerro, yerras, yerra, yerran). The phrase errar es humano ('to err is human') is common in formal Spanish. It can also describe physical wandering, though vagar is more usual for that sense.

Examples

"Es humano errar de vez en cuando."

Natural Translation

It is human to err from time to time.

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