| Principales traductions |
| confondre⇒ vtr | (ne pas distinguer) (informal) | get [sb] mixed up, get [sth] mixed up v expr |
| | | confuse⇒ vtr |
| | | mistake⇒ vtr |
| | (ideas, issues) | conflate⇒ vtr |
| | Le professeur confond encore les jumelles de sa classe. |
| | The teacher still gets the twins in his class mixed up. |
| confondre vtr | (démasquer) | foil⇒ vtr |
| | (literary) | thwart⇒ vtr |
| | | confound⇒ vtr |
| | Il est facile pour le professeur de confondre le menteur. |
| | It's easy for the teacher to foil the liar. |
| confondre vtr | (décontenancer) | baffle⇒, confound⇒ vtr |
| | (figurative, informal) | throw⇒ vtr |
| | Son agressivité a confondu tous ses proches. |
| | His aggression baffled his friends and family. |
| confondre vtr | (mêler, fusionner) | combine⇒ vtr |
| | J'ai décidé de confondre ces deux réunions pour ne faire qu'un seul déplacement. |
| | I've decided to combine the two meetings so that I only have to travel once. |
| se confondre⇒ v pron | (ne plus distinguer) | become mixed up vi + adj |
| | | become confused vi + adj |
| | | no longer be clear v expr |
| | L'enchaînement des faits se confondait dans son esprit. |
| | The sequence of events was becoming mixed up in his mind. |
| | The sequence of events was becoming confused in his mind. |
| | The sequence of events was no longer clear in his mind. |
| se confondre v pron | (se mêler) | blend into each other, blend into one another v expr |
| | | blend⇒, merge⇒ vi |
| | Sur cette photo, l'eau du lac et le ciel se confondent. |
| | In this photo, the water of the lake and the sky blend into each other. |
| se confondre avec [qch] v pron + prép | (se mêler) | merge into [sth], blend into [sth] vi + prep |
| | Sur ce tableau, le ciel se confond avec la mer. |
| | In this painting, the sky merges (or: blends) into the sea. |
| se confondre v pron | Géométrie (se superposer, être identiques) | coincide⇒ vi |
| | | be equal vi + adj |
| | Dans un triangle équilatéral, la hauteur, la médiane et la bissectrice se confondent. |
| | In an equilateral triangle, the altitude, the median and the bisector are equal. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| se confondre v pron | (multiplier, répéter [qch]) (words) | babble⇒ vtr |
| | Surpris, le jeune écrivain se confondait en remerciements. |
| | Surprised, the young writer babbled his thanks. |
| confondre vtr | (frapper d'étonnement) (figurative) | stun⇒ vtr |
| | | astound⇒ vtr |
| | (formal) | confound⇒ vtr |
| | L'importance du tsunami a confondu la planète entière. |
| | The great size of the tsunami has stunned the whole world. |
| confondre vtr | littéraire (mêler) | blend⇒ vtr |
| | L'horizon confondait le bleu du ciel et de la mer. |
| | The horizon blended the blue of the sky and of the sea. |