confiar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- believe verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
- depend verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
- draw verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
- entrust verb To give someone responsibility for something valuable or important, trusting them to look after it.
- trust noun Firm belief in the reliability or honesty of someone or something.
Senses
confiar is used for these senses in English:
- believe (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
- depend (intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
- draw (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- entrust (transitive) To trust to the care of.
- trust (transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
believe — full definition
- verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
- verb To accept that a person is telling the truth.
- verb To have religious or spiritual faith.
- verb (with "in") To trust in someone's ability, or to feel something is right or worthwhile.
depend — full definition
- verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
- verb To vary according to circumstances; used to say an answer isn't fixed.