confundíamos

confundíamos is the first‑person plural form of the Spanish verb confundir in the imperfect indicative mood. It translates to “we confused” or “we were confusing” in English, indicating an ongoing or habitual action in the past. The verb confundir, derived from the Latin confundere (to pour together, to mix up), means to cause someone to mistake one thing for another, to bewilder, or to mix up elements.

In Spanish conjugation, the imperfect indicative is used for past actions without a defined endpoint, background descriptions, or repeated events. For regular –ir verbs the ending –ían is added to the stem; for the irregular –ir verb confundir the stem is confund‑ and the ending –íamos yields confundíamos. The full imperfect paradigm of confundir is: yo confundía, tú confundías, él/ella/usted confundía, nosotros/nosotras confundíamos, vosotros/vosotras confundíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes confundían.

Typical contexts for confundíamos include statements like “Nosotros confundíamos los nombres de los personajes” (We were confusing the characters’ names) or “Durante la tormenta, confundíamos los sonidos del viento con gritos” (During the storm, we mistook the wind sounds for screams). The form can also appear in literary or colloquial narratives to convey a collective, ongoing misunderstanding by the speaker and their group.