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to dumbfound / to bewilder

verbcoloquial/ɐpɐɾvɐˈʎaɾ/low

a·par·va·lhar

Definition

To make someone foolish or confused; to bewilder, to fluster.
Those complex explanations only served to dumbfound me.
Don't let yourself be bewildered by fallacious arguments.
Common collocations
to dumbfound someoneto be dumbfounded

Etymology

Derivação de "parvo" (do latim 'parvus', pequeno, insignificante) com prefixo a- e sufixo -ar.

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