confiar

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.fiˈa/

(Central) IPA^(key): /kum.fiˈa/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.fiˈaɾ/

Verb

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

To entrust
to tell (a secret)
to confide

Conjugation

Conjugation of confiar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			confiar
present participle			confiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confiat		confiada
		plural		confiats		confiades
person		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
imperative		—	confia	confiï	confiem	confieu	confiïn

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese confiar, from Vulgar Latin *cōnfīdāre, from cōnfīdere, present active infinitive of cōnfīdō.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fi.ˈaɾ/, /kõ.ˈfjaɾ/
Hyphenation: con‧fi‧ar

Verb

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

to confide, entrust
to rely on

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb confiar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	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	confiamos confiámos	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)	-	confies	confie	confiemos	confieis	confiem

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /konˈfjaɾ/, [kõɱˈfjaɾ]

Verb

confiar (first-person singular present confío, first-person singular preterite confié, past participle confiado)

to trust
to confide

Conjugation

Rule: stressed í in certain conjugations; monosyllabic forms do not have a written accent in certain conjugations.

Conjugation of confiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			confiar
gerund			confiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confiado		confiada
		plural		confiados		confiadas
		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	confías^tú confiás^{^vos}	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	confíes^{^tú} confiés^{^vos²}	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		confía^{^tú} confiá^{^vos}	confíe	confiemos	confiad	confíen
	negative		no confíes	no confíe	no confiemos	no confiéis	no confíen

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Selected combined forms of confiar^{edit data}

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 imperative confía
	dative	confíame	confíate	confíale	confíanos	not used	confíales
	accusative	confíame	confíate	confíalo, confíala	confíanos	not used	confíalos, confíalas

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

desconfiar

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