Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#CONFUNDIRCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#CONFUNDIR cōnfundere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con‧fun‧dir

Verb

confundir (first-person singular present confundo, first-person singular preterite confundi, past participle confundido)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CONFUNDIRCategory:Portuguese verbs#CONFUNDIRCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ir#CONFUNDIRCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CONFUNDIRCategory:Pages with entries#CONFUNDIRCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CONFUNDIR

1. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#CONFUNDIR) to confuse; to confound (to lead someone into an incorrect conclusion or uncertainty)

   O mapa com erros confundiu os navegadores. ― The map with errors confused the navigators.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONFUNDIR

2. (pronominal) 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.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONFUNDIR

   Todo mundo se confunde com isso. ― Everyone gets confused with this.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONFUNDIR

3. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#CONFUNDIR) 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.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONFUNDIR

4. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#CONFUNDIR) 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.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONFUNDIR

5. (pronominal) 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.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONFUNDIR

6. (obsoleteCategory:Portuguese terms with obsolete senses#CONFUNDIR, transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#CONFUNDIR) 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.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONFUNDIR

Further reading

• “confundir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “confundir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#CONFUNDIRCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CONFUNDIR cōnfundere. Doublet of cohonderCategory:Spanish doublets#CONFUNDIR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfunˈdiɾ/ [kõɱ.fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CONFUNDIRCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CONFUNDIR

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• Rhymes: -iɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ#CONFUNDIRCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ/3 syllables#CONFUNDIR
• Syllabification: con‧fun‧dir

Verb

confundir (first-person singular present confundo, first-person singular preterite confundí, past participle confundido)Category:Spanish lemmas#CONFUNDIRCategory:Spanish verbs#CONFUNDIRCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ir#CONFUNDIRCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CONFUNDIRCategory:Pages with entries#CONFUNDIRCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CONFUNDIR

1. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#CONFUNDIR) to confuse, to throw off, to baffle, to perplex
2. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#CONFUNDIR, also pronominal) 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.

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3. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#CONFUNDIR) to confound

Further reading

• “confundir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025