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SPANISH VERB

confundir

to confuse, to mix up

  • #473 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: confundiendo
  • Past participle: confundido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I confuse
  2. tú you confuse
  3. usted, él, ella he/she confuses
  4. nosotros we confuse
  5. vosotros Spain you all confuse
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they confuse

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I confused
  2. tú you confused
  3. usted, él, ella he/she confused
  4. nosotros we confused
  5. vosotros Spain you all confused
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they confused

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to confuse
  2. tú you used to confuse
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to confuse
  4. nosotros we used to confuse
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to confuse
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to confuse

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will confuse
  2. tú you will confuse
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will confuse
  4. nosotros we will confuse
  5. vosotros Spain you all will confuse
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will confuse

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would confuse
  2. tú you would confuse
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would confuse
  4. nosotros we would confuse
  5. vosotros Spain you all would confuse
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would confuse

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I confuse
  2. tú (that) you confuse
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she confuse
  4. nosotros (that) we confuse
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all confuse
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they confuse

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I confused
  2. tú (if) you confused
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she confused
  4. nosotros (if) we confused
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all confused
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they confused

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú confuse!
  2. usted confuse! (formal)
  3. nosotros confuse! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain confuse! (all of you)
  5. ustedes confuse! (all of you)

How to use confundir

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Siempre confundo a los gemelos, son idénticos.

    I always mix up the twins, they're identical.

  2. Past

    El taxista confundió la calle y dimos una vuelta enorme.

    The taxi driver mixed up the street and we took a huge detour.

  3. Imperfect

    Al principio confundía ser y estar todo el tiempo.

    At first I mixed up ser and estar all the time.

  4. Future

    Con tantos nombres parecidos, confundirás a los invitados.

    With so many similar names, you'll confuse the guests.

  5. Conditional

    Cualquiera confundiría esos dos edificios, son iguales.

    Anyone would confuse those two buildings, they're identical.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Pon etiquetas para que nadie confunda las llaves.

    Put labels on so nobody mixes up the keys.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Separé las maletas para que no las confundiéramos.

    I set the suitcases apart so we wouldn't mix them up.

  8. Imperative

    No confundas amabilidad con debilidad, hijo.

    Don't confuse kindness with weakness, son.

Good to know

  • "Confundir una cosa con otra": siempre confundo la sal con el azúcar.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ir verb.