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Meanings of confide in English

Portuguese
confiar algo a alguém
Catalan
confiar
Spanish
confiar

To confer a trust upon.

confiar algo a alguém

To have confidence or faith in.

Usage of confide in English
1
He is often the go-to person for young people to confide in.
Radio NZ
2
Then the desire to confide in somebody got the better of him.
Three Men and a Maid
3
The time had already passed when the girl could confide in Gionetta.
Zanoni
4
He is not false, like other people; I can confide in him.
The Daughter of an Empress
5
She really wanted someone to confide in and Sonny was awfully nice.
Chocolate chip cookie murder
6
The wife should confide in her husband on every matter of importance.
The Etiquette of To-day
7
She did not confide even in Aunt Kate about the big doll.
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
8
Do confide in me, dear, as frankly as I confide in you.
Birds of Prey
9
Only once did I confide the strangeness of it all to another.
Before Adam
10
Certainly, neither Jefferson Blanding nor Barbara LaFortuny would confide in Trudy Tackett.
I'd know you anywhere
11
Then, if the subject ever came up, she might confide in him.
Running scared
12
It was such a success that- IfeelI can confide in you.
The Little Warrior
13
It seems my curse to have lonely old men confide in me.
Oberheim (Voices): A Chronicle of War
14
The deed was not then accomplished, neither did he confide in me.
A Tale of Two Cities
15
Perhaps that was one reason why the man could confide in him.
The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
16
You had some sort of trouble you wanted to confide in me.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
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Translations for confide
Catalan
confiar
Confide through the time
Confide across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common