🇬🇧🇪🇸 perplexed - perplejo : English Lesson

Meaning of "perplexed" ("perplejo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Perplexed describes the feeling of being puzzled, unsure, or totally baffled by something that doesn’t make sense. If you’ve ever looked at a math problem and wondered if it was written in an alien language, you’ve experienced the feeling of being perplexed!

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The baby was perplexed when I did a magic trick and made her toy disappear (behind my back).

The squirrel looked perplexed when it forgot where it hid its acorn stash… again.

The chicken looked perplexed when it finally crossed the road and found no one cared.

Grandpa looked perplexed when he tried to use my phone… and ended up calling the toaster.

My little sister was perplexed when I told her that chocolate milk doesn’t come from brown cows.

On the rainy street, a small dog looked perplexed at a torn map. The dog tilted its head, perplexed by arrows and a missing park. A passerby knelt, perplexed and equally perplexed, then smiled and followed the dog's paw. The dog, no longer perplexed, bounded into the wet park, tail wagging with happy relief.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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