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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

  1. verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
  2. verb To accept that a person is telling the truth.
  3. verb To have religious or spiritual faith.
  4. verb (with "in") To trust in someone's ability, or to feel something is right or worthwhile.

depend — full definition

  1. verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
  2. verb To vary according to circumstances; used to say an answer isn't fixed.

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