Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Wednesday June 17, 2009

confianza, noun:
trust

We’ve seen that one of the meanings of confianza is confidence:

Ese abogado tuyo no me inspira confianza.
That lawyer of yours doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence.

Confianza also often means trust.

Han puesto toda su confianza en él.
They’ve put all their trust in him.

Entre amigos debe haber confianza.
There needs to be trust between friends.

Existe una relación de confianza entre todo el equipo.
There is a relationship of trust among the whole team.

From this notion of trust, comes the idea of intimacy and friendship, especially in the phrase de confianza

Es de confianza, puedes hablar delante de él.
He’s a friend, you can talk freely in his presence.

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Spanish Word of the Day ArchiveWednesday June 17, 2009