confusión

Definitions of confusión
  1. noun
    a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
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    equivocación, error, fallo, falta, yerro
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  2. noun
    a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
    synonyms: agitación, azoramiento, fogaje
  3. noun
    a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
    synonyms: desorden
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    desorientación, despiste, distracción
    mental turmoil
    aturdimento, estupefacción
    confusion characterized by lack of clarity
    seguro
    confusion resulting from lack of preparation
    abobamiento, alelamiento, atolondramiento, atontamiento, atontolinamiento, ofuscación
    confusion resulting from failure to understand
    perplejidad
    trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
    enigma, misterio
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
    complicación, enredo, lío, maraña
    something jumbled or confused
    dilema
    state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
    type of:
    estado de ánimo
    the state of a person's cognitive processes
  4. noun
    disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
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    desmoralización
    a state of disorder and confusion
    caos, jaleo, patas arriba
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
    batiborrillo, fárrago
    a state of confusion
    type of:
    desorden
    a disturbance of the peace or of public order
  5. noun
    informal terms for a difficult situation
    synonyms: apretón, apuro, atolladero, brete, compromiso, conflicto, conserva, desorden, embolismo, embrollo, enredo, estrecho, lío, maraña, mareo, pantano, taco
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    dificultad
    a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
  6. noun
    a confused multitude of things
    synonyms: mezcla confusa, mezcolanza, revoltijo, revoltillo, torbellino
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