"porter à confusion" meaning in Français

See porter à confusion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \pɔʁ.te.ʁ‿a kɔ̃.fy.zjɔ̃\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-porter à confusion.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-porter à confusion.wav
  1. Créer de la confusion ; manquer de clarté ; semer le doute.
    Sense id: fr-porter_à_confusion-fr-verb-CCZ8eeTf Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: verwirrend (Allemand), confusing (Anglais), غموض (Ghoumo'dh) (Arabe), portar a confusió (Catalan), prestar a confusió (Catalan), prestar a confusions (Catalan), induir a error (Catalan), llevar a confusión (Espagnol), inducir a error (Espagnol), dare adito a confusione (Italien), causare confusione (Italien), dar luogo a confusione (Italien), indurre in errore (Italien), essere fuorviante (Italien), portar a confusion (Occitan), prestar a confusion (Occitan), prestar a confusions (Occitan), induire en error (Occitan), dar origem a confusão (Portugais), dar azo a confusão (Portugais), causar confusão (Portugais), induzir em erro (Portugais)
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "verwirrend"
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      "word": "confusing"
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      "word": "portar a confusió"
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "prestar a confusió"
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "prestar a confusions"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "induir a error"
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      "lang": "Espagnol",
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      "word": "llevar a confusión"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "inducir a error"
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      "lang": "Italien",
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      "word": "dare adito a confusione"
    },
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      "lang": "Italien",
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      "word": "causare confusione"
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      "word": "dar luogo a confusione"
    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "indurre in errore"
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "essere fuorviante"
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      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "portar a confusion"
    },
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      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "prestar a confusion"
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      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "prestar a confusions"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "induire en error"
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    },
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      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "causar confusão"
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      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "induzir em erro"
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      "word": "verwirrend"
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "confusing"
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      "word": "غموض"
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      "word": "portar a confusió"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "prestar a confusió"
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "prestar a confusions"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "induir a error"
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      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "llevar a confusión"
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    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "inducir a error"
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    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "dare adito a confusione"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "causare confusione"
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    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "dar luogo a confusione"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "indurre in errore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "essere fuorviante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "portar a confusion"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "prestar a confusion"
    },
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "prestar a confusions"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "induire en error"
    },
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      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "dar origem a confusão"
    },
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      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "dar azo a confusão"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "causar confusão"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "induzir em erro"
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