Portuguese

Verb

confundir ‎(first-person singular present indicative confundo, past participle confundido)

1. (transitive) to confuse; to confound (to lead someone into an incorrect conclusion or uncertainty)

   O mapa com errors confundiu os navegadores.‎

   The map with errors confused the navigators.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive, or transitive with com) to be confused (by) (to make a mistake (due to))

   Ela errou o caminho porque se confundiu.‎

   She missed the way because she got confused.

   Todo mundo se confunde com isso.‎

   Everyone gets confused with this.

3. (transitive) to mix up; to confuse (to mistake things for one another)

   Cuidado para não confundir as datas.‎

   Be careful not to mix the dates up.

4. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking com or por (less common)) to mistake one thing for another

   O cirurgião disse que quase confundira o fígado com o baço.‎

   The surgeon said he had almost mistaken the liver for the spleen.

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with com) to merge; to syncretize (to form a combination from different elements)

   Naquela cidade a cultura ocidental se confunde com a oriental.‎

   In that city, Western culture merges with Eastern culture.

6. (obsolete, transitive) to confound; to thwart; to frustrate; to foil (to prevent from happening or succeeding)

   Desejamos que a rainha confunda as políticas de seus inimigos.‎

   We wish for the queen to confound her enemies’ politics.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to merge): juntar, sincretizar
• (to thwart): impedir

Related terms

• confuso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin confundere, present active infinitive of confundō.

Verb

confundir ‎(first-person singular present confundo, first-person singular preterite confundí, past participle confundido)

1. to confuse
2. to confound
3. to baffle
4. to perplex

Conjugation

Related terms

• confusión

See also

• enturbiar