"El Amor Confuso"

Question

Hi,

In my translation class we were told, not that 'confused/confusing love' was not wrong exactly, but that we were to elaborate on the meaning. My question is are there any sort of connotations that go along with 'el amor confuso'? What kind of situations would the words be associated with perhaps..?

[The context this is taken from is: "Manuel Viola, con la voz estropeada, los ojos cegatos, el amor confuso, la vida incesante y una alta cotización pictórica, por entonces".]

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, I had seen that thread, but the person who suggested it may be 'unrequited love' was his (Irish) sister with no specified background in the language, so I didn't think to set much store by that until at least one person fluent in the language backed it up; but you believe it might be a correct translation?

Answer 2

This exact question (even down to the quote you gave) appears in this forum. The op (original poster) indicates that "amor confuso" may also be used to mean "unrequited love" which is much different from "confused love".

In addition, the word "confuso" can also mean: incoherent, hazy, blurry, mixed-up, in disorder, doubtful, perplexed, fearful, obscure, and bewildered.