違える

ちがえる

[chigaeru]

Meanings

1.IchidanTransitive

to change; to alter

2.IchidanTransitive

to mistake; to make a mistake

3.IchidanTransitive

to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise)

4.IchidanTransitive

to sprain (a muscle); to dislocate (e.g. one's neck)

彼は自分の意見を違えることなく最後まで主張し続けた。

He stuck to his opinion to the end without changing it.

縫い目を違えてやり直した。

I got the seam wrong and redid it.

道を違えてしまい迷子になりました。

I took the wrong road and got lost.