confiável
Portuguese, adjective/kõ.fiˈa.vew/
confiável is spelled C-O-N-F-I-Á-V-E-L (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confiável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “faithful, loyal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fiel”.
What does confiável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefaithful, loyal
- 2
femininemasculinereliable
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fiel 2. seguro 3. leal
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of confiável
- confiáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confiável?
- Brazil /kõ.fiˈa.vew/
- Brazil [kõ.fiˈa.veʊ̯]
- Brazil /kõˈfja.vew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confiável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confiável in Portuguese?
confiável appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).