confide

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To trust, have faith (in).
  2. (dated, transitive) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
  3. (intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To say (something) in confidence.

Conceptes

Sinònims

have confidence in

have faith in

believe in

have confidence

have faith

recount one’s tale of woe

tell one’s troubles

commend to

give in charge

be convinced

place confidence in

reveal a secret

put faith in

Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/kənˈfaɪd/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity.

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