συγχύζω

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek σύγχυσις (súnkhusis), with semantic loan from Italian turbare in the sense 'to upset'.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siŋˈçi.zo/
  • Hyphenation: συγ‧χύ‧ζω

Verb

συγχύζω • (synchýzo) (past σύγχυσα, passive συγχύζομαι, p‑past συγχύστηκα, ppp συγχυσμένος) (transitive)

  1. to upset
  2. to confuse, to fluster

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ συγχύζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language