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"trust, confidence" in seven languages

Meaningtrust, confidence

Spanish

confianza

/konˈfjanθa/

fem.inherited

French

confiance

/kɔ̃fjɑ̃s/

fem.inherited

Italian

fiducia

/fiˈdutʃa/

fem.other source · learned, from Latin FĪDŪCIAM 'trust'

False friend: confidenza is 'familiarity', not 'confidence'.

Portuguese

confiança

/kõfiˈɐ̃sɐ/

fem.inherited

Romanian

încredere

/ɨnˈkredere/

fem.other source · from încrede 'to trust', from Latin CRĒDERE 'to believe'

Catalan

confiança

/kumfiˈansə/

fem.inherited

English

trust

/tɹʌst/

other source · Old Norse traust

English → Italiantrust, confidencefiduciaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: confidence, confide (CONFĪDERE); fiduciary (FĪDŪCIA); faith (FIDES).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONFĪDERE (spoken *CONFĪDĀRE)‘to trust fully’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

All three are built on FIDES 'faith'. Spanish and French trust 'with faith' (con-fiar, con-fier); Italian took learned fiducia, English fiduciary.

English relatives: confidence, confide (CONFĪDERE); fiduciary (FĪDŪCIA); faith (FIDES)

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In a sentence

  • esTengo plena confianza en ti.
  • frJ'ai entièrement confiance en toi.
  • itHo piena fiducia in te.
  • ptTenho total confiança em você.
  • roAm încredere totală în tine.
  • caTinc plena confiança en tu.
  • enI trust you completely.

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