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    Confiait (en. Confided)

    /kɔ̃fja/

    Meaning & Definition

    EnglishFrench
    verb
    To give someone trust or responsibility regarding something.
    He often confided his problems to me.
    Il me confiait souvent ses problèmes.
    To share something in confidence with a person.
    She confided her secrets to her best friend.
    Elle confiait ses secrets à sa meilleure amie.
    To recommend that someone acts in a certain way.
    She had told her children not to talk to strangers.
    Elle avait confiait à ses enfants de ne pas parler aux étrangers.

    Etymology

    From Latin 'confidare', meaning 'to trust'.

    Common Phrases and Expressions

    to confide a secret
    Sharing personal information with trust.
    confier un secret
    to confide in someone
    Talking about one's thoughts or feelings to someone whom one trusts.
    se confier à quelqu'un
    to entrust a task
    Assigning a responsibility to someone else.
    confier une tâche

    Related Words

    to entrust
    A verb meaning to give one's trust or delegate something.
    confier
    trust
    The state of believing in the reliability or truthfulness of something or someone.
    confiance
    confidential
    Intended to remain secret or private.
    confidentiel

    Slang Meanings

    To leak a scoop
    I leaked a scoop about the party to him.
    Je lui ai filé un scoop sur la soirée.
    To drop a piece of information
    He dropped a piece of information about his project during the break.
    Il a lâché une info sur son projet pendant la pause.