Confide

Etymology
From confido:, from con-: + fido:; see faith, fidelity.

Verb

 * 1)  To trust, have faith (in).
 * 2) * 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 269:
 * "Be calm, lovely Antonia!" he replied; "no danger in near you: confide in my protection."
 * 1)  To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
 * I confide this mission to you alone.
 * 1)  To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in)
 * I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.
 * 1)  To say (something) in confidence.
 * After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.
 * She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.

Related terms

 * confidant
 * confidante
 * confidence
 * confident
 * confidential
 * overconfident

Thesaurus
air, alert, aspire to, assign, bank on, bestow, break it to, break the news, breathe, buzz, come out with, commend, commit, confide to, consign, count on, delegate, desire, divulgate, divulge, enfeoff, entrust, entrust with information, evulgate, expect, feel confident, give confidential information, give in charge, give in trust, give out, give vent to, hand over, harbor the hope, hint, hope, hope against hope, hope and pray, hope for, hope in, hope to God, infeudate, insinuate, intimate, lean upon, let get around, let in on, let next to, let out, live in hopes, make known, mention privately, nurture the hope, out with, present, presume, publish, put hep, put next to, relegate, rely on, remand, remit, rest assured, reveal, suggest, tell, tip, tip off, trust, turn over, utter, vent, ventilate, whisper

Translations

 * Bulgarian: вярвам, доверявам
 * Spanish: confiar


 * Dutch: (op)


 * Bulgarian: доверявам се


 * Dutch:


 * Bulgarian: поверявам


 * : konfidi
 * : trúa fyrir