/kɔ̃.fje/
Translation
to entrust, to confide
Word origin
From Latin confidere ('to trust fully'), from fides ('faith').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- confidere
- English cognates
- confide, confidence, fidelity
Grammar
Conjugation
Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.
Indicative
| Person | Present | Imperfect | Past historic | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | confie | confiais | confiai | confierai | confierais |
| tu | confies | confiais | confias | confieras | confierais |
| il/elle | confie | confiait | confia | confiera | confierait |
| nous | confions | confiions | confiâmes | confierons | confierions |
| vous | confiez | confiiez | confiâtes | confierez | confieriez |
| ils/elles | confient | confiaient | confièrent | confieront | confieraient |
Subjunctive
| Person | Present | Imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| je | confie | confiasse |
| tu | confies | confiasses |
| il/elle | confie | confiât |
| nous | confiions | confiassions |
| vous | confiiez | confiassiez |
| ils/elles | confient | confiassent |
Imperative
| Person | Affirmative |
|---|---|
| tu | confie |
| nous | confions |
| vous | confiez |
Non-finite
- Gerund / present participle
- confiant
- Past participle
- confié · confiée · confiés · confiées
Examples
' .
He confided an important secret to me.
.
She leaves her children with her mother every summer.
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We are entrusting this work to an expert.
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He often confided in his brother.
' .
I do not hand my things over to just anybody.
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