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Translation

to trust, to rely on

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Examples

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I trust you.

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She trusted her friend.

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Do not trust strangers.

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He trusts his own strength.

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One can rely on her word.

Both patterns are current: with a direct object and with the preposition mean the same thing, and you will meet each in good writing. Pick one and be consistent within a text. Keep it apart from , which is about believing what is said rather than relying on the person saying it, and from , which is to entrust something to somebody or to confide in them. is trust, faithful, and i is to distrust.

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Word family

Words built on fidi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • malfidiverb

    to distrust, to mistrust

    mal-fidi: the opposite of trusting

  • self-confidence

    memfidi

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This word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 6: fidi, onklino, meriti and 7 more words.