Definitions of confide [ənˈfaɪd]

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Definition of 'confide'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) confide
to discuss private matters or problems (usu. fol. by in).

2. confide
to have full trust; have faith.

3. (v.t.) confide
to tell in assurance of secrecy.

4. confide
to entrust to the charge or knowledge of another.

Etymology: (1625–35; < L confīdere=con-con - +fīdere to trust, akin to foedus)

Definition of 'confide'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) confide
reveal in private; tell confidentially

2. (verb) entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
confer a trust upon
"The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"

Definition of 'confide'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) confide
to put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers

2. (verb) confide
to intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to

Translation of 'confide'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to tell one's private thoughts to someone He confided in his brother; He confided his fears to his brother.
Afrikaans: meedeel, toevertrou, in v	Arabic: يأْتَمِنُ على، يَعْهَدُ إ	Bulgarian: доверявам (се)
Brazilian: confiar	Czech: svěřit (se)	German: (sich an-)vertrauen
Danish: betro	Greek: εκμυστηρεύομαι	Spanish: confiar
Estonian: (kellelegi) usaldama	Farsi: رازی را با کسی در میان گذ	Finnish: uskoutua
French: confier (à)	Hebrew: לְגַלוֹת ל-	Hindi: गुप्त बात बताना
Croatian: povjeriti	Hungarian: bizalmasan közöl	Indonesian: mempercayakan
Icelandic: trúa fyrir	Italian: confidarsi	Japanese: 打ち明ける
Korean: 비밀을 털어놓다	Lithuanian: iš(si)pasakoti, pa(si)tik	Latvian: uzticēt; uzticēties
Malay: mengadu	Dutch: (toe)vertrouwen	Norwegian: betro seg
Polish: zwierzać się	Persian: رازی را با کسی در میان گذ	Pashto: باور كول (په)، اعتماد كول
Portuguese: confiar	Romanian: a aveaîncredere în; a măr	Russian: доверять; поверять
Slovak: zdôveriť sa	Slovenian: zaupati	Serbian: poveriti
Swedish: anförtro	Thai: บอกความลับ	Turkish: sırrını açmak, sır olarak
Taiwanese: 吐露(秘密等)	Ukrainian: признаватися; довіряти	Urdu: اپن‍ے راز س‍ے آگاه كرنا،
Vietnamese: kể một bí mật cho ai	Chinese: 吐露（秘密等），倾诉
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