Meaning
to confuse, to mix up
- to mix up
- to confuse, bewilder, befuddle, puzzle
- to embarrass
In a sentence
Mi confondo sempre con i nomi dei colleghi.
I always mix up my coworkers' names.
Scusa, ti ho confuso con tuo fratello.
Sorry, I mixed you up with your brother.
Questa domanda mi confonde un po'.
This question confuses me a bit.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| confondere | infinitive |
| confondiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| confondo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| confondete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confondi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confondono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confonde | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confondevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confondevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confondevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confondevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confondevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confondeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confondemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| confusi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| confondeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| confondesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| confusero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| confuse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| confonderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| confonderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| confonderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| confonderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| confonderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| confonderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| confondiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| confonda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| confondiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confonda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confondano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confonda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confondessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confondessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confondeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confondessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confondessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confondesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confonderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| confonderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| confondereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confonderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confonderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confonderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confondiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| confondete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| confondi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| confondendo | gerund |
| confuso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use confondere for both people and things: Mi confonde and Confondo i nomi. For simple uncertainty, non so or sbagliare may sound more natural.
- Don't confuse confondere with confondersi: Ho confuso le date = I mixed up the dates; Mi sono confuso = I got confused.
- In compound tenses, confondere takes avere; reflexive confondersi takes essere: ho confuso, mi sono confuso.
- past participle confuso