confiar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. To entrust
  2. to tell (a secret)
  3. to confide

Conjugation
Conjugation of confiar (first conjugation)
infinitive confiar
present participle 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
— confia confiï confiem confieu confiïn

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)/

  • Hyphenation: con‧fi‧ar

Verb

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

  1. to confide, entrust
  2. to rely on
  3. inflection of confiar:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

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

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin *confidare, from cōnfīdēre, present active infinitive of cōnfīdō.

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. to confide

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

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