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confundir

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cōnfundere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: con‧fun‧dir

Verb

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confundir (first-person singular present confundo, first-person singular preterite confundi, 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) to be confused (to make a mistake) [with com ‘due to something’]
    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. (transitive) to mistake (something) [with com or (less common) por ‘for something else’]
    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) to merge; to syncretize (to form a combination from different elements) [with com ‘with something’]
    Synonyms: juntar, sincretizar
    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)
    Synonym: impedir
    Desejamos que a rainha confunda as políticas de seus inimigos. ― We wish for the queen to confound her enemies’ politics.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of confundir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal confundir
Personal confundir confundires confundir confundirmos confundirdes confundirem
Gerund
confundindo
Past participle
Masculine confundido confundidos
Feminine confundida confundidas
Indicative
Present confundo confundes confunde confundimos confundis confundem
Imperfect confundia confundias confundia confundíamos confundíeis confundiam
Preterite confundi confundiste confundiu confundimos confundistes confundiram
Pluperfect confundira confundiras confundira confundíramos confundíreis confundiram
Future confundirei confundirás confundirá confundiremos confundireis confundirão
Conditional confundiria confundirias confundiria confundiríamos confundiríeis confundiriam
Subjunctive
Present confunda confundas confunda confundamos confundais confundam
Imperfect confundisse confundisses confundisse confundíssemos confundísseis confundissem
Future confundir confundires confundir confundirmos confundirdes confundirem
Imperative
Affirmative confunde confunda confundamos confundi confundam
Negative (não) não confundas não confunda não confundamos não confundais não confundam
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cōnfundere. Doublet of cohonder.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konfunˈdiɾ/ [kõɱ.fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧fun‧dir

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to confuse, to throw off, to baffle, to perplex
  2. (transitive, also takes a reflexive pronoun) to mistake, to confuse, to mix up (misidentify)
    Mi abuelo confundió un calabacín con un pepino y lo puso en su ensalada.
    My grandpa mistook a zucchini for a cucumber and put it in his salad.
  3. (transitive) to confound

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of confundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive confundir
gerund confundiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular confundido confundida
plural confundidos confundidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present confundo confundestú
confundísvos 		confunde confundimos confundís confunden
imperfect confundía confundías confundía confundíamos confundíais confundían
preterite confundí confundiste confundió confundimos confundisteis confundieron
future confundiré confundirás confundirá confundiremos confundiréis confundirán
conditional confundiría confundirías confundiría confundiríamos confundiríais confundirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present confunda confundastú
confundásvos2 		confunda confundamos confundáis confundan
imperfect
(ra) 		confundiera confundieras confundiera confundiéramos confundierais confundieran
imperfect
(se) 		confundiese confundieses confundiese confundiésemos confundieseis confundiesen
future1 confundiere confundieres confundiere confundiéremos confundiereis confundieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative confundetú
confundívos 		confunda confundamos confundid confundan
negative no confundas no confunda no confundamos no confundáis no confundan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of confundir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive confundir
dative confundirme confundirte confundirle, confundirse confundirnos confundiros confundirles, confundirse
accusative confundirme confundirte confundirlo, confundirla, confundirse confundirnos confundiros confundirlos, confundirlas, confundirse
with gerund confundiendo
dative confundiéndome confundiéndote confundiéndole, confundiéndose confundiéndonos confundiéndoos confundiéndoles, confundiéndose
accusative confundiéndome confundiéndote confundiéndolo, confundiéndola, confundiéndose confundiéndonos confundiéndoos confundiéndolos, confundiéndolas, confundiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative confunde
dative confúndeme confúndete confúndele confúndenos not used confúndeles
accusative confúndeme confúndete confúndelo, confúndela confúndenos not used confúndelos, confúndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confundí
dative confundime confundite confundile confundinos not used confundiles
accusative confundime confundite confundilo, confundila confundinos not used confundilos, confundilas
with formal second-person singular imperative confunda
dative confúndame not used confúndale, confúndase confúndanos not used confúndales
accusative confúndame not used confúndalo, confúndala, confúndase confúndanos not used confúndalos, confúndalas
with first-person plural imperative confundamos
dative not used confundámoste confundámosle confundámonos confundámoos confundámosles
accusative not used confundámoste confundámoslo, confundámosla confundámonos confundámoos confundámoslos, confundámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confundid
dative confundidme not used confundidle confundidnos confundíos confundidles
accusative confundidme not used confundidlo, confundidla confundidnos confundíos confundidlos, confundidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confundan
dative confúndanme not used confúndanle confúndannos not used confúndanles, confúndanse
accusative confúndanme not used confúndanlo, confúndanla confúndannos not used confúndanlos, confúndanlas, confúndanse
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