English → Latin
“confuse” in Latin
misceōto mix; to mingle; to intermingle; to unite; to combine; to share; to associate; of a disturbance of the natural order, permisceōto mix or mingle together thoroughly, commingle, intermingle, combine; to mix together, unite, join, combine; to throw icommisceōto mix or mingle together, intermingle, combine; to unite, bring together, join, mingle; to produce by minglingcōnfundōto pour, mingle, stir up; to diffuse, suffuse, spread over; to unite, mix together, join, combine, mingleturbōto disturb, unsettle, agitate, perturb; to upsetconturbōto confuse, confound; to throw into confusion; to disturb, disquiet; to become bankrupt; to throw accounts into disarrayperturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarmafferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,
The English word confuse itself goes back to Latin fundō, through cōnfūsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
confuse
miscere (to mix), permiscere (together thoroughly), with anything, aliquid cum aliqua re, aliquid aliqua re or aliquid alicui rei: commiscere (to mix together), with anything, aliquid cum aliqua re or aliquid alicui rei: confundere, with anything, cum aliqua re (PROP., to pour together; hence, figuratively to mingle or confound; e.g., vera cum falsis): turbare: conturbare: perturbare (to bring into confusion: general terms; conturbare and perturbare also = to throw into consternation): to confuse a person by indefinite answers, aliquem incertis responsis implicare: to confuse the minds, animos implicare or confundere: to confuse the understanding, mentem turbare; mentem alienare (to render senseless).
Abash, ruborem alicui elicere or afferre. Vid :, also, To CONFOUND.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for confuse?
- The usual Latin words for “confuse” are misceō, permisceō, commisceō; also cōnfundō, turbō, conturbō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.