🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

confundir

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kõfũˈdʒiʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Confuse/kənˈfjuz/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"As instruções complexas confundiram os novos funcionários."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To cause someone to become bewildered or perplexed.

    "The complex instructions confused the new employees."
  2. 2

    To mix up or mistake one thing for another.

    "She often confuses the two similar-looking medications."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'confuse' originates from the Latin 'confundere', meaning 'to pour together'. It entered Middle English through Old French in the late 14th century, evolving to signify the act of mixing up or causing uncertainty.

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