"confused (unable to follow)" in seven languages
Meaningconfused (unable to follow)
Spanish
confundido
/konfunˈdido/
learned
Confuso is also used, more for things: una situación confusa.
French
perdu
/pɛʁdy/
other source · Latin PERDITUM 'lost'
Je suis confus usually means 'I'm so sorry, embarrassed' — a trap.
Italian
confuso
/konˈfuzo/
learned
Portuguese
confuso
/kõˈfuzu/
learned
Romanian
confuz
/konˈfuz/
learned
Catalan
confús
/kumˈfus/
learned
English
confused
/kənˈfjuzd/
from Latin/French · confuse, from Old French confus ← Latin CONFŪSUS
English → Italianconfused (unable to follow)confusoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CONFŪSUM (CONFUNDERE)‘poured together, mixed up’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To be confused is to be 'poured together'. French has the word, but confus on a person means embarrassed; a lost learner says je suis perdu, 'I'm lost'.
English relatives: confusion, fuse, refuse, transfusion
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In a sentence
- esPerdona, estoy un poco confundido.
- frPardon, je suis un peu perdu.
- itScusa, sono un po' confuso.
- ptDesculpa, estou um pouco confuso.
- roScuze, sunt puțin confuz.
- caPerdona, estic una mica confús.
- enSorry, I'm a bit confused.
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