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1 confondre
confondre [kɔ̃fɔ̃dʀ]➭ TABLE 41 transitive verba. ( = mêler) [+ choses, dates] to confuse• confondre qch/qn avec qch/qn d'autre to mistake sth/sb for sth/sb elseb. ( = déconcerter) to astoundc. ( = démasquer) [+ ennemi, menteur] to confound* * *kɔ̃fɔ̃dʀ
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1) ( ne pas distinguer) to mix up, to confuse2) ( mêler) liter to merge3) ( décontenancer) fml to stagger4) ( démasquer) to expose [accusé, traître]
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se confondre verbe pronominal1) ( se mêler) [formes, couleurs] to merge; [événements, faits] to become confused2) ( être identique) [intérêts, espoirs] to coincide3) ( se répandre) fml* * *kɔ̃fɔ̃dʀ vt1) [jumeaux, faits] to confuse, to mix upconfondre qn avec qn d'autre — to mistake sb for sb else, to mix sb up with sb else
On le confond souvent avec son frère. — People often mistake him for his brother., People often mix him up with his brother.
2) [témoin, menteur] to confound* * *confondre verb table: rompreA vtr1 ( ne pas distinguer) to mix up, to confuse; je l'ai confondu avec son cousin I got him mixed up with his cousin, I mistook him for his cousin; confondre le sel avec le sucre to mistake the salt for the sugar; tu confonds la science et la technologie you are confusing science with technology; ce n'était pas moi, vous devez confondre it wasn't me, you must be confusing me with somebody else; tu confonds tout! you're getting it all mixed up!; tous partis/secteurs confondus all parties/sectors taken together; toutes catégories confondues all categories taken together;2 ( mêler) liter to merge; les projecteurs confondent leurs faisceaux the beams of the floodlights merge; dans son œuvre, l'architecte et le sculpteur confondent leur art his/her works bring architecture and sculpture together;3 ( décontenancer) fml to stagger; il a confondu les journalistes par son érudition he staggered the journalists with his learning; leur ignorance me confondait I found their ignorance staggering;B se confondre vpr1 ( se mêler) [formes, couleurs] to merge; [événements, faits] to become confused; se confondre avec qch to merge with sth; la mer et le ciel se confondent à l'horizon sea and sky merge on the horizon; les deux dates se sont confondues dans mon esprit the two dates have become confused in my mind; les caméléons se confondent avec leur environnement chameleons merge with their background;2 ( être identique) [intérêts, espoirs, points de vue] to coincide; notre avenir se confond avec celui de l'Europe our future is bound up with that of Europe; sa vie se confond/ne se confond pas avec son œuvre his/her life and his/her work are one/are separate;3 ( se répandre) fml il s'est confondu en excuses he apologized profusely; il s'est confondu en remerciements/politesses he was effusive in his thanks/courtesies.[kɔ̃fɔ̃dr] verbe transitifil a confondu la clef du garage et celle de la porte he mistook the garage key for the door key, he mixed up the garage key and the door keyconfondre quelqu'un/quelque chose avec to mistake somebody/something foron ne se connaît pas, vous devez confondre we've never met, you must be making a mistake ou be mistakenattention, ce n'est pas ce que j'ai dit, ne confondons pas! hey, let's get one thing straight, that's not what I saidêtre ou rester confondu devant to be speechless in the face of ou astounded by————————se confondre verbe pronominal intransitif2. [être embrouillé] to be mixed up ou confused————————se confondre en verbe pronominal plus prépositionse confondre en excuses/remerciements to be effusive in one's apologies/thanks, to apologize/thank profusely
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