confiar

Senses

1. 1.

   to trust

   to believe in the honesty, reliability, or competence of someone or something

2. 2.

   to confide

   to share something secret or personal with someone

3. 3.

   to rely on

   to depend on someone or something

4. 4.

   to entrust

   to give responsibility for something to someone

Examples

• "Eu confio muito em você."

  I trust you a lot.

• "Ela confiou seu segredo à minha mãe."

  She confided her secret to my mother.

• "Não posso confiar nesse carro; ele está quebrado."

  I can't rely on that car; it's broken.

Usage

Common verb in Brazilian Portuguese, typically used with preposition *em* (in) when expressing trust toward a person or thing, or *a* (to) when entrusting something. Often appears in reflexive form *confiar-se* (to confide in oneself) or the passive construction *confiar a alguém* (entrust to someone). Formal and informal registers.