confound
transitive verb
consternar
EN The lumps of knotted flock under his head reminded him of the lumps of knotted horsehair in the sofa of her parlour on which he used to sit, smiling or serious, asking himself why he had come, displeased with her and with himself, confounded by the print of the Sacred Heart above the untenanted sideboard.
GL As asperezas de pelo debaixo da cabeza recordáronlle o sofá recheo de crina de cabalo que había no salón da casa dela e no que el adoitaba sentarse, sorrinte ou serio, preguntándose por que tivera vido, descontento con ela e consigo, consternado pola imaxe do Sagrado Corazón que estaba enriba do desprovisto chineiro.
Fonte: RET (4374)
confundir
EN The word literature is a perpetual source of confusion, because it is used in two senses, and those senses liable to be confounded with each other.
GL A palabra literatura é unha fonte de confusión perpetua, porque se usa en dous sentidos, e estes sentidos son susceptibles de ser confundidos un co outro.
Fonte: LET (328)
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