desconfiar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [dəs.kuɱ.fiˈa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəs.koɱ.fiˈa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [des.koɱ.fiˈaɾ]
Verb
desconfiar (first-person singular present desconfio, first-person singular preterite desconfií, past participle desconfiat)
- (intransitive) to be distrustful (de of)
- Synonym: malfiar-se
- Antonym: confiar
Conjugation
Conjugation of desconfiar (first conjugation)
Related terms
Further reading
- “desconfiar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “desconfiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “desconfiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “desconfiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [des.kõˈfja(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõˈfja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.kõ.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [des.kõ.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfja(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.kõˈfja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõ.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /deʃ.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõˈfja(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃ.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõˈfja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõ.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [des.kõ.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kõˈfjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kõˈfja.ɾi/
Verb
desconfiar (first-person singular present desconfio, first-person singular preterite desconfiei, past participle desconfiado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of desconfiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:desconfiar.
Further reading
- “desconfiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskonˈfjaɾ/ [d̪es.kõɱˈfjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧con‧fiar
Verb
desconfiar (first-person singular present desconfío, first-person singular preterite desconfié, past participle desconfiado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of desconfiar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of desconfiar (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 desconfiar | dative | desconfiarme | desconfiarte | desconfiarle, desconfiarse | desconfiarnos | desconfiaros | desconfiarles, desconfiarse |
| accusative | desconfiarme | desconfiarte | desconfiarlo, desconfiarla, desconfiarse | desconfiarnos | desconfiaros | desconfiarlos, desconfiarlas, desconfiarse | |
| with gerund desconfiando | dative | desconfiándome | desconfiándote | desconfiándole, desconfiándose | desconfiándonos | desconfiándoos | desconfiándoles, desconfiándose |
| accusative | desconfiándome | desconfiándote | desconfiándolo, desconfiándola, desconfiándose | desconfiándonos | desconfiándoos | desconfiándolos, desconfiándolas, desconfiándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative desconfía | dative | desconfíame | desconfíate | desconfíale | desconfíanos | not used | desconfíales |
| accusative | desconfíame | desconfíate | desconfíalo, desconfíala | desconfíanos | not used | desconfíalos, desconfíalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative desconfiá | dative | desconfiame | desconfiate | desconfiale | desconfianos | not used | desconfiales |
| accusative | desconfiame | desconfiate | desconfialo, desconfiala | desconfianos | not used | desconfialos, desconfialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative desconfíe | dative | desconfíeme | not used | desconfíele, desconfíese | desconfíenos | not used | desconfíeles |
| accusative | desconfíeme | not used | desconfíelo, desconfíela, desconfíese | desconfíenos | not used | desconfíelos, desconfíelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative desconfiemos | dative | not used | desconfiémoste | desconfiémosle | desconfiémonos | desconfiémoos | desconfiémosles |
| accusative | not used | desconfiémoste | desconfiémoslo, desconfiémosla | desconfiémonos | desconfiémoos | desconfiémoslos, desconfiémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative desconfiad | dative | desconfiadme | not used | desconfiadle | desconfiadnos | desconfiaos | desconfiadles |
| accusative | desconfiadme | not used | desconfiadlo, desconfiadla | desconfiadnos | desconfiaos | desconfiadlos, desconfiadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative desconfíen | dative | desconfíenme | not used | desconfíenle | desconfíennos | not used | desconfíenles, desconfíense |
| accusative | desconfíenme | not used | desconfíenlo, desconfíenla | desconfíennos | not used | desconfíenlos, desconfíenlas, desconfíense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “desconfiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024