спутать

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Russian

Etymology

с- (s-) +‎ пу́тать (pútatʹ)

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Verb

спу́тать (spútatʹpf (imperfective спу́тывать)

  1. to mix up
    Он спу́тал, передава́я распоряже́ние.
    On spútal, peredavája rasporjažénije.
    He mixed up when passing the instruction (command).
  2. to confuse
    Экзамина́тор нево́льно спу́тал студе́нта.
    Ekzaminátor nevólʹno spútal studénta.
    The examiner unwillingly confused the student.
  3. to tangle
    Она́ спу́тала все ни́тки.
    Oná spútala vse nítki.
    She has tangled all the threads.
  4. to consider mistakenly, to take for someone else
    Прости(те), я тебя/вас с кем-то спу́тал.
    Prosti(te), ja tebja/vas s kem-to spútal.
    Sorry, I took you for someone else.

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