اشتباه را قبول کردن
“اشتباه را قبول کردن” (eshtebâh râ ghâbul kân) — to admit a mistake in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to accept the mistake": the mistake from the early lessons plus the accepting. Admission here is acceptance — as of a parcel. The boss admitted his mistake, says the example. In a live sentence: “مدیر اشتباهش را قبول کرد.” — The boss admitted his mistake. Written with the characters ا, ش, ت, ب, ا, ه, ر, ا, ق, ب, و, ل…
In short
| Written in Persian | اشتباه را قبول کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | eshtebâh râ ghâbul kân |
| Translation | to admit a mistake |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to accept the mistake": the mistake from the early lessons plus the accepting. Admission here is acceptance — as of a parcel. The boss admitted his mistake, says the example
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- مدیر اشتباهش را قبول کرد.mâdir eshtebâhash râ ghâbul kard.The boss admitted his mistake.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to admit a mistake” in Persian?
«اشتباه را قبول کردن», read “eshtebâh râ ghâbul kân”. In a live sentence: “مدیر اشتباهش را قبول کرد.” — The boss admitted his mistake. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ا, ش, ت, ب, ا, ه, ر, ا, ق, ب, و, ل…
How is “اشتباه را قبول کردن” written in Latin letters?
eshtebâh râ ghâbul kân. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "to accept the mistake": the mistake from the early lessons plus the accepting. Admission here is acceptance — as of a parcel. The boss admitted his mistake, says the example. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.