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Pronunciation / Transliteration: confuso
"O relatório estava confuso e cheio de erros."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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In a state of mental confusion or untidy disorder.
"Her muddled explanation left the audience more confused than before."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'muddle' (c. 15th century, meaning to mix liquids, likely related to Low German 'muddeln' or frequentative of 'mud'), later acquiring the figurative sense of mental confusion or disorder by the 17th century.
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embrouillé
Transliteration: embrouillé
"Ses explications étaient confuses et embrouillées."
konfus
Transliteration: konfus
"Seine Gedanken waren an diesem Morgen völlig konfus."
confuso
Transliteration: confuso
"Aveva le idee molto confuse riguardo al progetto."
aturdido
Transliteration: aturdido
"Se despertó con la mente aturdida y sin saber dónde estaba."
confuso
Transliteration: confuso
"O relatório estava confuso e cheio de erros."
उलझन में
Transliteration: uljhan mein
"उसका उलझन भरा जवाब किसी को समझ नहीं आया।"
混乱的
Transliteration: hùnluàn de
"他思路混乱，不知道该从哪里开始。"
혼란스러운
Transliteration: honranseureoun
"그의 혼란스러운 설명이 오히려 사람들을 더 헷갈리게 했다."
混乱した
Transliteration: konran shita
"彼女の混乱した説明では誰も理解できなかった。"
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