construe as

construe something as something

to interpret something to mean something. Please do not construe this as criticism. We mistakenly construed her comments as positive.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Douglas	DUG-ləs	Scottish, English
Paola	POW-lah (Italian), pah-O-lah (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Esperanta	e-spe-RAHN-tah	Esperanto
Rowland	['rəulənd]
Joop	YO:P	Dutch
Fu	-	Chinese