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confiar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  • confide verb To tell someone a secret, trusting them to keep it private.
  • 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:

  • bequeath To give; to offer; to commit.
  • confide (intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
  • 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.
  • trust (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
  • trust (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

bequeath — full definition

  1. verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  2. verb To pass something down, such as a tradition, idea, or quality.

confide — full definition

  1. verb To tell someone a secret, trusting them to keep it private.
  2. verb To entrust a task or responsibility to someone.

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