ellos confunden

get confused, become confused, confuse

→ confundir
confund to confuse, to mix up + en third-person plural present
verb · 3rd-person plural, present tense Rare #50,114
get confused, become confused With se, this means that people or things become confused or mixed up.
SP: Los niños se confunden con las instrucciones.
EN: The children get confused by the instructions.
confuse Used with a direct object: to make someone feel confused.
SP: Estas preguntas confunden a mi hermano.
EN: These questions confuse my brother.
Conjugation of confundir
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Second confundes —
Third confunde confunden
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Second confundes —
Third confunde confunden
SingularPlural
Second confundirte —

Si hay pocas señales, los conductores se confunden.

If there are few signs, drivers get confused.

Sus acciones me confunden.

His actions confuse me.

Las palabras se confunden.

The words get mixed up.

— El hoyo (2019)

Sé leer, pero los números me confunden.

I can read, but numbers confuse me.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

A menudo se confunden el gallego, el portugués y el español.

Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish are often confused.