confuse
Etymology
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Etymology
Back formation from Middle English confused, from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundō.
Pronunciation- IPA: /kənˈfjuːz/
confuse (confuses, present participle confusing; simple past and past participle confused)
- (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody; to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
- It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
- (transitive) To mix up, muddle up one thing with another; to mistake one thing for another.
- People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
- (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
- (transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
- (transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
- (intransitive) To be confused.
- flummox
- mistake
- See also Thesaurus:confuse
- French: rendre perplexe, confondre
- German: verwirren, konfundieren
- Italian: confondere
- Portuguese: confundir
- Russian: пу́тать
- Spanish: confundir
- French: confondre
- German: verwechseln
- Italian: confondere
- Portuguese: confundir
- Russian: пу́тать
- Spanish: confundirse
- German: vermischen
- Portuguese: misturar
- Russian: сме́шивать
- Spanish: mezclar
- German: jemanden in Verlegenheit bringen
- Portuguese: envergonhar
- Russian: смуща́ть
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