confuse

confundir, desconcertar

Hacer que alguien no pueda entender algo con claridad.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone unable to understand something clearly.

• These instructions confuse me.
• His explanation confused the whole class.
• Does the new menu confuse you?

Sinónimos: puzzle, bewilder

Antónimos: clarify

Expresiones frecuentes: confuse someone, confuse the reader, confuse a child, confuse a student

confundir

Creer que una persona o cosa es otra distinta.

En inglés sencillo: To think that one person or thing is another.

• I often confuse their names.
• She confused salt with sugar.
• Did you confuse me with someone else?

Cómo se usa: confuse someone/something with someone/something (I always confuse Anna with her sister.)

Sinónimos: mix up, mistake

Antónimos: distinguish

Expresiones frecuentes: confuse two things, confuse someone with someone

desordenar, mezclar

Mezclar cosas o dejarlas desordenadas.

En inglés sencillo: To mix things together or put them into a disorderly state.

• The wind confused the neat piles of papers.
• A sudden retreat confused the soldiers’ ranks.
• Moving the cards confused their original order.

Sinónimos: disorder, jumble, mix

Antónimos: organize

Expresiones frecuentes: confuse the order, confuse the ranks, confuse the arrangement