A2verb · transitive · rare

confuse

confuse · confuses · confused · confusing

плутати, переплутати

путать, запутать, перепутать, спутать

verwirren, verwechseln, vermischen, konfundieren

To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilderTo puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand.

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UK/kənˈfjuːz/US/kənˈfjuz/

» Tom and Mary were both confused.

Том і Мері були обоє спантеличені.

Meaning

6 senses

(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.
verwirren, konfundieren
пу́татьpútatʹ, запу́татьzapútatʹ
(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.
verwechseln
пу́татьpútatʹ, перепу́татьperepútatʹ, спу́татьspútatʹ
плутатиplutaty, переплутатиpereplutaty
mistake one thing for another
(transitive)To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway.
vermischen
сме́шиватьsméšivatʹ
(dated, transitive)To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
jemanden in Verlegenheit f bringen
смуща́тьsmuščátʹ
(intransitive)To be confused.
(obsolete, transitive)To rout; discomfit.

Examples

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Tom and Mary were both confused.
Том і Мері були обоє спантеличені.
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I'm sure Tom will be confused.
Я певен, що Том буде спантеличений.
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Tom is still confused about that.
Том все ще спантеличений із-за цього.
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Tom said that Mary was confused.
Том сказав, що Мері спантеличена.
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Tom is still a little confused.
Том усе ще трохи збентежений.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to mix up / muddle up one thing with another; to mistake one thing for another:

Русский

By meaning 4

to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody:

to mix up / muddle up one thing with another; to mistake one thing for another:

to mix thoroughly:

to embarrass:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody:

to mix up / muddle up one thing with another; to mistake one thing for another:

to mix thoroughly:

to embarrass:

Origin

Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from An

Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.

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Forms

confuses, confusing, confused, confused

Base form	confuse · to confuse
3rd person singular	confuses
Present participle	confusing
Past simple	confused
Past participle	confused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	confuse
he, she, it	confuses

Past simpleLesson

all persons

confused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have confused
he, she, it	has confused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will confuse

Synonyms

49 synonyms

mistakeA2 loseA2 stickB1 throwA2 bewilderB2 complicateB1 dazzleB1 blindB1 knotB2 muddyB2 puzzleC1 flummox addle baffle

Close in meaning

mistake one thing for another:confound
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred:blur obscure obnubilate
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly:throw fox befuddle fuddle bedevil confound discombobulate
cause to feel embarrassment:flurry disconcert put off
assemble without order or sense:jumble mix up