disorient

English

Etymology

From French désorienter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɔːɹi.ənt/

Verb

disorient (third-person singular simple present disorients, present participle disorienting, simple past and past participle disoriented)

1. To cause to lose orientation or direction.
2. To confuse or befuddle.

Alternative forms

• disorientate

Translations

to cause to lose orientation or direction

• Bulgarian: разориентирам (razorientiram), обърквам (bg) (obǎrkvam)
• Icelandic: rugla, rugla í ríminu, gera ringlaðan, láta tapa áttum, villa um fyrir, slá út af laginu, gera áttavilltan

• Serbo-Croatian: dezorijentírati (sh)
• Spanish: desorientar (es), perder el norte

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