Confidencias (en. Confidences)

/kon-fi-'ðen-θjas/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish
noun
Information or secrets communicated in trust.
She shared several confidences about her personal life.
Ella le contó varias confidencias sobre su vida personal.
Distribution of private information among friends.
The confidences between them strengthened their friendship.
Las confidencias entre ellos fortalecieron su amistad.
Act of revealing a secret to a trusted person.
I can't make confidences if I don't trust the person.
No puedo hacer confidencias si no confío en la persona.

Etymology

From the Latin 'confidentia', which means 'trust'.

Common Phrases and Expressions

to make confidences
Sharing secrets or private information with someone.
hacer confidencias
to confide confidences to someone
Revealing private matters to a trusted person.
confiar a alguien las confidencias
to keep confidences
Keeping the information that has been shared a secret.
guardar las confidencias

Related Words

trust
It is the certainty in the reliability of a person or thing.
confianza
secret
Information that is kept hidden from others.
secreto
revelation
Act of making something known that had been kept secret.
revelación

Slang Meanings

Gossip or rumors in an informal context.
They share confidences about what happened at the party.
Se pasan confidencias sobre lo que sucedió en la fiesta.
Juicy or interesting information about someone.
That novel is filled with confidences about the lives of celebrities.
Esa novela está llena de confidencias sobre la vida de las celebridades.