confused

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From the verb confuse: (⇒ conjugate)
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
confused adj (person: unable to understand)confundido adj
 The confused boy just walked away instead of trying again.
 El chico, confundido, se marchó en vez de intentarlo otra vez.
confused adj (lacking order)confuso/a adj
  (literario)oscuro/a adj
 His argument was confused and nobody understood.
 El argumento era confuso y nadie lo entendía.
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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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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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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
confused | confuse
InglésEspañol
get confused vi + adj informal (become mentally disordered)confundirse⇒ v prnl
  embarullarse⇒ v prnl
 Speak to him slowly - he gets confused very easily.
 Háblale despacio, se confunde muy fácilmente.
  (AR, coloquial)hacerse lío loc verb
  (AR, coloquial)hacerse lío
 Hablale despacio, se hace lío fácilmente.
get [sb] confused vtr + adj informal (confuse)confundir a vtr + prep
 You've got me confused now; which film are you talking about?
 Ahora me confundes, ¿de qué película estás hablando?
get [sth/sb] confused with [sth/sb] v expr informal (mix up, fail to distinguish [sth/sb])confundir a alguien con loc verb
 I always get Greta confused with Verna - they look so much alike.
 Siempre confundo a Greta con Verna, son muy parecidas.
get confused with [sb/sth] v expr informal (be mistaken for [sb])tomar por vi + prep
  ser confundido con loc verb
 I always get confused with my sister: she's also a brunette, and the same height as me.
 Siempre me toman por mi hermana, ella también es morocha y tiene la misma estatura que yo.
not to be mistaken for [sth/sb],
not to be confused with [sth/sb] expr		 (as distinct from [sth] else)no poder confundirse con loc verb
  diferenciarse claramente de loc verb
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'confused' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
addled - at sixes and sevens - babel - baffled - balled up - befogged - befuddled - bemused - bewildered - blank - blurred - clouded - confounded - dazed - dazedly - delirium - discombobulated - discombobulation - disoriented - flustered - fuddled - fuggy - garbled - get muddled - have a senior moment - hugger-mugger - in a fog - in a muddle - in a spin - in bewilderment - jumble - lost - mangled - mess - mishmash - mistakable - mixed up - muddle - muddled - muddleheaded - muddy the waters - muzzy - pell mell - perplexed - puzzled - rabbit trail - tangle - turbid - welter - whirl
Spanish:
abatatado - confuso - desorientado - estropajoso - aturdido - descolocado - despistado - intricado - andar perdido - boleado - bolear - confundir - confundirse con - cruzarse los cables - desconcertar - despelotar - desubicado - embotado - empelotar - enredar - liar - lioso

Collocations: a confused [person, student, tourist, guest, dog], confused by the [noises, instructions, questions, choices], confused [about, as to] what to [do, think, say, choose], more...

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