confundo
Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with, together”) + fundō (“pour”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈfʊn.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koɱˈfun̪.d̪o]
Verb
cōnfundō (present infinitive cōnfundere, perfect active cōnfūdī, supine cōnfūsum); third conjugation
- to pour, mingle, stir up
- to diffuse, suffuse, spread over
- (figuratively) to unite, mix together, join, combine, mingle
- (figuratively) to confound, confuse, jumble together, bring into disorder; disconcert, perplex
Conjugation
Conjugation of cōnfundō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “confundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “confundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- confundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to confuse true with false: vera cum falsis confundere
- to upset the whole constitution: omnes leges confundere
- to confuse true with false: vera cum falsis confundere
Portuguese
Verb
confundo
- first-person singular present indicative of confundir
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈfundo/ [kõɱˈfũn̪.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -undo
- Syllabification: con‧fun‧do
Verb
confundo
- first-person singular present indicative of confundir