confianza

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish confianza (“confidence”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con‧fi‧an‧za

Noun

confianza

1. confidence; trust

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish confiar

Latin -antia

Spanish -anza

Spanish confianza

From confiar + -anza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈfjanθa/ [kõɱˈfjãn̟.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /konˈfjansa/ [kõɱˈfjãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: con‧fian‧za

Noun

confianza f (plural confianzas)

1. confidence, trust

   Synonym: confidencia

Derived terms

• abuso de confianza
• autoconfianza
• caída de confianza (“trust fall”)
• cuestión de confianza
• de confianza
• donde hay confianza, da asco
• en confianza
• intervalo de confianza
• voto de confianza

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: kompiyansa
• → Tagalog: kumpiyansa

Further reading

• “confianza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025