confidente

English

Noun

confidente (plural confidentes)

1. A particular kind of 18th-century sofa.
2. Misspelling of confidante.

Anagrams

• e-confident

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃t/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Noun

confidente f (plural confidentes)

1. female equivalent of confident

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cōnfīdentem, present active participle of cōnfīdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.fiˈdɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: con‧fi‧dèn‧te

Adjective

confidente m or f by sense (plural confidenti)

1. confiding, trusting

Noun

confidente m or f by sense (plural confidenti)

1. confidant or confidante

Related terms

• confidare
• confidarsi
• confidenza

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin confidens

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈdẽ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈdẽ.tɨ/ [kõ.fiˈðẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈdẽ.tɨ/ [kõ.fiˈðẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈdẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: con‧fi‧den‧te

Noun

confidente m or f by sense (plural confidentes)

1. confidant (a person in whom one can confide or share one’s secrets)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin confīdens

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfiˈdente/ [kõɱ.fiˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: con‧fi‧den‧te

Noun

confidente m or f by sense (plural confidentes)

1. confidant

Derived terms

• confidentemente

Further reading

• “confidente”, 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