confiar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cōnfīdō (“to confide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɱ.fiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.fiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.fiˈaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

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

• confiança
• confiament
• confiat
• desconfiar
• fiar

Further reading

• “confiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

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, confiaes, confiais, confiaas, confiás	confian
	imperfect	confiava	confiavas	confiava	confiavamos, confiávamos	confiavades, confiávades, confiávaes, confiávais, confiávees, confiáveis	confiavan
	preterite	confiei	confiaste, confiasche, confiache	confiou	confiamos	confiastes	confiaron
	pluperfect	confiara	confiaras	confiara	confiaramos, confiáramos	confiarades, confiárades, confiáraes, confiárais, confiárees, confiáreis	confiaran
	future	confiarei	confiarás	confiará	confiaremos	confiaredes, confiarees, confiareis, confiarês	confiarán
	conditional	confiaria	confiarias	confiaria	confiariamos, confiaríamos	confiariades, confiaríades, confiaríaes, confiaríais, confiaríees, confiaríeis	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, confiees, confieis, confiês	confien
	imperfect	confiasse	confiasses	confiasse	confiassemos, confiássemos	confiassedes, confiássedes, confiássees, confiásseis	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, confiae, confiai	—
negative		—	non confies	—	non confiemos	non confiedes, non confiees, non confieis, non confiês	—
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)]

• (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)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [kõ.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈfja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfja.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• 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.

Further reading

• “confiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “confiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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

• confiable
• desconfiar

Related terms

• confiado
• confianza
• confidente
• fiar

Further reading

• “confiar”, 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