confiar

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Etymology

From Latin cōnfīdō (“I confide”).

Pronunciation

Verb

confiar (first-person singular present confio, first-person singular preterite confií, past participle confiat)

  1. (transitive) to entrust
  2. (transitive) to tell (a secret)
  3. (intransitive) to confide (en in)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confiar (first conjugation)
infinitive confiar
gerund confiant
past participle masculine feminine
singular confiat confiada
plural confiats confiades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present confio confies confia confiem confieu confien
imperfect confiava confiaves confiava confiàvem confiàveu confiaven
future confiaré confiaràs confiarà confiarem confiareu confiaran
preterite confií confiares confià confiàrem confiàreu confiaren
conditional confiaria confiaries confiaria confiaríem confiaríeu confiarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present confiï confiïs confiï confiem confieu confiïn
imperfect confiés confiessis confiés confiéssim confiéssiu confiessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — confia confiï confiem confieu confiïn
negative (no) — no confiïs no confiï no confiem no confieu no confiïn

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cōnfīdāre, from cōnfīdere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koŋ.fiˈaɾ/

Verb

confiar

  1. to confide, entrust

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confiar
infinitive confiar
gerund simple confiando
compound gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle singular plural
masculine confiado confiados
feminine confiada confiadas
present participle confiante confiantes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mood eu
ei 		tu el~ele
ela 		nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		eles
elas
simple
tenses 		present confio confias confia confiamos confiades confian
imperfect confiava confiavas confiava confiavamos, confiávamos confiavades, confiávades confiavan
preterite confiei confiaste, confiasche, confiache confiou confiamos confiastes confiaron
pluperfect confiara confiaras confiara confiaramos, confiáramos confiarades, confiárades confiaran
future confiarei confiarás confiará confiaremos confiaredes confiarán
conditional confiaria confiarias confiaria confiariamos, confiaríamos confiariades, confiaríades confiarian
compound
tenses 		present perfect present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
pluperfect imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past anterior preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
pluperfect anterior simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
future perfect future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood eu
ei 		tu el~ele
ela 		nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		eles
elas
simple
tenses 		present confie confies confie confiemos confiedes confien
imperfect confiasse confiasses confiasse confiassemos, confiássemos confiassedes, confiássedes confiassen
future confiar confiares confiar confiarmos confiardes confiaren
compound
tenses 		present perfect present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
future perfect future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood — tu — nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		—
affirmative — confia — confiemos confiade —
negative — non confies — non confiemos non confiedes —
personal infinitive eu
ei 		tu el~ele
ela 		nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		eles
elas
confiar confiares confiar confiarmos confiardes confiaren

1 teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Descendants

  • Galician: confiar
  • Portuguese: confiar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese confiar, from Vulgar Latin *cōnfīdāre, from cōnfīdere.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [kõˈfja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [kõ.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈfja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [kõˈfja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [kõ.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈfja(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈfjaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈfja.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: con‧fi‧ar

Verb

confiar (first-person singular present confio, first-person singular preterite confiei, past participle confiado)

  1. to confide, entrust
  2. (intransitive) to rely on, trust [with em]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal confiar
Personal confiar confiares confiar confiarmos confiardes confiarem
Gerund
confiando
Past participle
Masculine confiado confiados
Feminine confiada confiadas
Indicative
Present confio confias confia confiamos confiais confiam
Imperfect confiava confiavas confiava confiávamos confiáveis confiavam
Preterite confiei confiaste confiou confiamos1, confiámos2 confiastes confiaram
Pluperfect confiara confiaras confiara confiáramos confiáreis confiaram
Future confiarei confiarás confiará confiaremos confiareis confiarão
Conditional confiaria confiarias confiaria confiaríamos confiaríeis confiariam
Subjunctive
Present confie confies confie confiemos confieis confiem
Imperfect confiasse confiasses confiasse confiássemos confiásseis confiassem
Future confiar confiares confiar confiarmos confiardes confiarem
Imperative
Affirmative confia confie confiemos confiai confiem
Negative (não) não confies não confie não confiemos não confieis não confiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin *confidare, from cōnfīdēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈfjaɾ/ [kõɱˈfjaɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧fiar

Verb

confiar (first-person singular present confío, first-person singular preterite confié, past participle confiado)

  1. to reassure
  2. to be certain
  3. to trust
  4. (transitive) to confide
  5. (transitive) to entrust
    confiar un trabajo a alguien ― entrust a job to someone

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confiar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive confiar
gerund confiando
past participle masculine feminine
singular confiado confiada
plural confiados confiadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present confío confíastú
confiásvos 		confía confiamos confiáis confían
imperfect confiaba confiabas confiaba confiábamos confiabais confiaban
preterite confié confiaste confió confiamos confiasteis confiaron
future confiaré confiarás confiará confiaremos confiaréis confiarán
conditional confiaría confiarías confiaría confiaríamos confiaríais confiarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present confíe confíestú
confiésvos2 		confíe confiemos confiéis confíen
imperfect
(ra) 		confiara confiaras confiara confiáramos confiarais confiaran
imperfect
(se) 		confiase confiases confiase confiásemos confiaseis confiasen
future1 confiare confiares confiare confiáremos confiareis confiaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative confíatú
confiávos 		confíe confiemos confiad confíen
negative no confíes no confíe no confiemos no confiéis no confíen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of confiar (i-í alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive confiar dative confiarme confiarte confiarle, confiarse confiarnos confiaros confiarles, confiarse
accusative confiarme confiarte confiarlo, confiarla, confiarse confiarnos confiaros confiarlos, confiarlas, confiarse
with gerund confiando dative confiándome confiándote confiándole, confiándose confiándonos confiándoos confiándoles, confiándose
accusative confiándome confiándote confiándolo, confiándola, confiándose confiándonos confiándoos confiándolos, confiándolas, confiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative confía dative confíame confíate confíale confíanos not used confíales
accusative confíame confíate confíalo, confíala confíanos not used confíalos, confíalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confiá dative confiame confiate confiale confianos not used confiales
accusative confiame confiate confialo, confiala confianos not used confialos, confialas
with formal second-person singular imperative confíe dative confíeme not used confíele, confíese confíenos not used confíeles
accusative confíeme not used confíelo, confíela, confíese confíenos not used confíelos, confíelas
with first-person plural imperative confiemos dative not used confiémoste confiémosle confiémonos confiémoos confiémosles
accusative not used confiémoste confiémoslo, confiémosla confiémonos confiémoos confiémoslos, confiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confiad dative confiadme not used confiadle confiadnos confiaos confiadles
accusative confiadme not used confiadlo, confiadla confiadnos confiaos confiadlos, confiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confíen dative confíenme not used confíenle confíennos not used confíenles, confíense
accusative confíenme not used confíenlo, confíenla confíennos not used confíenlos, confíenlas, confíense

Derived terms

Further reading

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