Meaning
to confide, trust
- to confide, tell in confidence
- to trust, have confidence in
In a sentence
Ti posso confidare una cosa importante?
Can I confide something important to you?
Non confidare i miei segreti a Luca.
Don't tell Luca my secrets.
Ho sempre confidato in te nei momenti difficili.
I have always trusted you in difficult moments.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| confidare | infinitive |
| confidiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| confido | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| confidate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confidi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confidano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confida | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confidavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confidavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confidavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confidavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confidavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confidava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confidammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| confidai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| confidaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| confidasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| confidarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| confidò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| confideremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| confiderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| confiderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| confiderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| confideranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| confiderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| confidiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| confidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| confidiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confidino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confidassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confidaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confidassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confidasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confideremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| confiderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| confidereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confideresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confiderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confiderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confidiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| confidate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| confida | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| confidando | gerund |
| confidato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use confidare in qualcuno for trust; use fidarsi di qualcuno for everyday spoken Italian. Fidarsi is more common in conversation.
- For sharing a secret, say confidare qualcosa a qualcuno. Learners often wrongly use di before the person.
- As a regular -are verb, it takes avere in compound tenses: ho confidato tutto a mia sorella.