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confound in Russian

confound in Russian is проклина́ть, пу́тать, сбива́ть с толку — confound means to completely puzzle or baffle someone.

confound in Russian

проклина́ть
verb
Pronounced: proklinat
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
пу́тать
verb
Pronounced: putat
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
сбива́ть с толку
verb
Pronounced: sbivat s tolku
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
смешивать
verb
Pronounced: smeshivat
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
ухудшать
verb
Pronounced: ukhudshat
(sometimes, proscribed) To make something worse.
посрамлять
verb
Pronounced: posramlyat
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
проклина́ть
verb
Pronounced: proklinat
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
проклина́ть
verb
Pronounced: proklinat
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.

What does "confound" mean?

  1. verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
    "The magician's trick confounded the entire audience."
  2. verb To mix up or fail to distinguish between two things.
    "It's easy to confound correlation with causation in statistics."
  3. verb To defeat or ruin someone's plans.
    "Her clever counter-argument confounded his whole strategy."
  4. noun In statistics, a variable that distorts the apparent relationship between two other variables (a "confounding variable").
    "Age turned out to be a confound the researchers hadn't controlled for."
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confound in a sentence

  • The magician's trick confounded the entire audience.
  • Economists were confounded by the sudden market crash.
  • It's easy to confound correlation with causation in statistics.
  • Her clever counter-argument confounded his whole strategy.

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What is "confound" in Russian?

"confound" in Russian is проклина́ть, пу́тать, сбива́ть с толку. confound means: To completely puzzle or baffle someone.

How do you pronounce проклина́ть?

"confound" in Russian is проклина́ть, pronounced "proklinat".

How do you use "confound" in a sentence?

Example: "The magician's trick confounded the entire audience." In Russian, "confound" is проклина́ть, пу́тать, сбива́ть с толку.

Are there other ways to say "confound" in Russian?

Yes — Russian has 6 translations listed for "confound": проклина́ть, пу́тать, сбива́ть с толку, смешивать, ухудшать, посрамлять.

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