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# How to pronounce "confabulating" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/kɒnfæbʌlætɪng/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **con·fa·bu·la·ting**
- **Parts of Speech**: verb
- **VERB**: present participle and gerund of confabulate

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (8 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "confabulating" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Ah, ah, ah -- one of several things has to happen. Maybe you'll start confabulating and you'll say, umm, his name is Alfonso, and, um um he's a taxi driver, and he lives with his wife and two kids in the suburbs."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MoFNWB-_s&t=104s)

### Example 2
> "know if she's confabulating this, but she reckons Anthony, the youngest, she'd sing she loves you. And he in perfect"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 6:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPdWQYihswY&t=419s)

### Example 3
> ""So it's not really me." And these aren't people that are just explaining away their accomplishments 'cause they're trying to brush off praise. They are viewing themselves and they're confabulating according to a view that is very self-deprecating to the point where it doesn't match up with reality. It's not what other people see and it's actually not matched up with reality."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 20:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu1FMCxoEFc&t=1255s)

### Example 4
> "And we make those mistakes. For example, people criticize models for confabulating and messing up some complex mathematical equations, not being able to add numbers or divide large numbers. And use it as an evidence that this model is stupid."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQI5LA9DcYg&t=1517s)

### Example 5
> "people is that they're not actually forgetting things they're making up they're confabulating so what does that mean to confabulate they're making up"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 24:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1nK68V3SeA&t=1478s)

### Example 6
> "And so they're really just creating this stuff. They're not lying to get out of anything, they're confabulating. It's as if a brain circuit that writes stories, just starts generating content."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 19:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu1FMCxoEFc&t=1166s)

### Example 7
> ""And I tell them they're improving, "but somehow they're not seeing that improvement, "they're not registering that improvement." You notice that sometimes it's subtle and sometimes it's severe, but they'll start confabulating. You'll say, "I actually heard you're doing much better."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 20:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu1FMCxoEFc&t=1228s)

### Example 8
> "Like, the fact that people confabulate, that tells us something about our impulse for storytelling even when we're not wounded or when we're not confabulating."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 24:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT-kLjXxn7A&t=1465s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Synonyms**: [confab](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/confab), [discourse](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/discourse), [parley](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/parley), [chat](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/chat)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "confabulating" correctly?
"confabulating" is pronounced `/kɒnfæbʌlætɪng/`. Syllable breakdown: **con·fa·bu·la·ting**.

### What does "confabulating" mean in context?
present participle and gerund of confabulate

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