confiar
Spanish, verb/konˈfjaɾ/
confiar is spelled C-O-N-F-I-A-R (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to reassure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener confianza o creer en los aspectos positivos y favorables de una persona o cosa”.
What does confiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reassure
- 2
to be certain
- 3
to trust
- 4
to confide
- 5
to entrust
confiar un trabajo a alguien
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener confianza o creer en los aspectos positivos y favorables de una persona o cosa.
verb: 1. Encargar una cosa o persona, para que la cuide o guarde, a alguien en quien se tiene confianza. 2. Dar a conocer algo íntimo, un secreto, ideas propias, etc. a otra persona que normalmente guarda reserva de lo comunicado. 3. Dejar hacer una cosa mediante otra, esperando que se resuelva sin nuestra intervención.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of confiar
- confío first-person present singular
- confié first-person preterite singular
- confiado participle past
- i-í alternation
- confiando gerund
- confiada feminine participle past
- confiados masculine participle past
- confiadas feminine participle past
- confías indicative informal present
- confiás indicative informal present
- confía indicative present singular
- confiamos first-person indicative plural
- confiáis indicative plural present
- confían indicative plural present
- confiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- confiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- confiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- confiabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confiar?
- /konˈfjaɾ/
- [kõɱˈfjaɾ]
- [kõɱfiˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confiar in Spanish?
confiar appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).