confundir
Spanish, verb/konfunˈdiɾ/
confundir is spelled C-O-N-F-U-N-D-I-R (9 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,486th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confundir is a Spanish verb meaning “to confuse, to throw off, to baffle, to perplex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mezclar dos o más cosas diversas de modo que las partes de las unas se incorporen con las de las otras”.
What does confundir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to confuse, to throw off, to baffle, to perplex
- 2
to mistake, to confuse, to mix up (misidentify)
Mi abuelo confundió un calabacín con un pepino y lo puso en su ensalada.
- 3
to confound
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mezclar dos o más cosas diversas de modo que las partes de las unas se incorporen con las de las otras. 2. Barajar, desordenar diferentes cosas que estaban separadas y ordenadas. 3. Tener o tomar una cosa por otra. 4. Convencer o concluir a uno en la disputa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of confundir
- confundo first-person present singular
- confundí first-person preterite singular
- confundido participle past
- confundiendo gerund
- confundida feminine participle past
- confundidos masculine participle past
- confundidas feminine participle past
- confundes indicative informal present
- confundís indicative informal present
- confunde indicative present singular
- confundimos first-person indicative plural
- confunden indicative plural present
- confundía first-person imperfect indicative
- confundías imperfect indicative second-person
- confundíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- confundíais imperfect indicative plural
- confundían imperfect indicative plural
- confundiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confundir?
- /konfunˈdiɾ/
- [kõɱ.fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
- [kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confundir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confundir in Spanish?
confundir appears 7.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).