confuse

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kənˈfjuːz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kənˈfjuz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kən fyo̅o̅z)

Inflections of 'confuse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
confuses
v 3rd person singular
confusing
v pres p
confused
v past
confused
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
confuse [sb] vtr(bewilder)confundir vtr
  desconcertar vtr
 It confuses me when you give so many instructions all at once.
 Me confundes cuando me das tantas instrucciones a la vez.
confuse [sth/sb] with [sth/sb] vtr(mistake)confundir con vtr + prep
 I confused Sharon with her mum on the phone last night: she wasn't pleased.
 Confundí a Sharon con su madre al teléfono el otro día y no se lo tomó bien.
confuse [sth/sb] vtr(mistake)confundir vtr
 Eddy and Sid are twins, so people often confuse them for one another.
 Eddy y Sid son gemelos, así que a menudo la gente los confunde.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
confuse [sth] vtr(make unclear) (coloquial)embarullar vtr
  embrollar vtr
 The amount of irrelevant details confused the argument.
 La cantidad de detalles irrelevantes embarulló la discusión.
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'confuse' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

Collocations: confused [his opponent, her students, readers, viewers, his audience, their children], confused them by [saying, making, going, changing], confused him with a [question, word, comment, shoulder feint], more...

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