vertrouwen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- confide verb To tell someone a secret, trusting them to keep it private.
- confidence noun A feeling of self-assurance and belief in your own abilities.
- depend verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
- faith noun Confidence or trust in someone or something, based on past experience or evidence.
- fate noun The power thought to control everything that happens, seen as unavoidable; also, the eventual outcome awaiting someone or something.
- trust noun Firm belief in the reliability or honesty of someone or something.
Senses
vertrouwen is used for these senses in English:
- confide (intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
- confidence A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
- depend (intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
- trust (transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
confide — full definition
- verb To tell someone a secret, trusting them to keep it private.
- verb To entrust a task or responsibility to someone.
confidence — full definition
- noun A feeling of self-assurance and belief in your own abilities.
- noun A firm trust or belief that something is true or will happen.
- noun Information shared privately, on the understanding it will be kept secret.