confido

See also: confidò

Italian

Verb

confido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of confidare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ fīdō (“trust; rely upon”).

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnfīdō (present infinitive cōnfīdere, perfect active cōnfīsus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent

  1. (intransitive) (+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, believe, trust, place or put confidence in; rely upon
    Synonyms: fīdō, credō
    Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō
    causae suae confidere ― to have confidence in its cause

Usage notes

Used with the dative.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of cōnfīdō (third conjugation, semi-deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfīdō cōnfīdis cōnfīdit cōnfīdimus cōnfīditis cōnfīdunt
imperfect cōnfīdēbam cōnfīdēbās cōnfīdēbat cōnfīdēbāmus cōnfīdēbātis cōnfīdēbant
future cōnfīdam cōnfīdēs cōnfīdet cōnfīdēmus cōnfīdētis cōnfīdent
perfect cōnfīsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cōnfīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cōnfīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfīdam cōnfīdās cōnfīdat cōnfīdāmus cōnfīdātis cōnfīdant
imperfect cōnfīderem cōnfīderēs cōnfīderet cōnfīderēmus cōnfīderētis cōnfīderent
perfect cōnfīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cōnfīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cōnfīde — — cōnfīdite —
future — cōnfīditō cōnfīditō — cōnfīditōte cōnfīduntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōnfīdere cōnfīsum esse cōnfīsūrum esse — — —
participles cōnfīdēns cōnfīsus cōnfīsūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōnfīdendī cōnfīdendō cōnfīdendum cōnfīdendō cōnfīsum cōnfīsū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: confide
  • French: confier
  • Italian: confidare
  • Portuguese: confiar
  • Romanian: confia
  • Sicilian: cunfidari
  • Spanish: confiar

References
  • confido in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “confido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “confido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to put confidence in some one: confidere alicui (but aliqua re)
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