to confide
113
4.6
- verb
- /kənˈfaɪd/
:
contar (un secreto) a
- I confided in him, and that was obviously a mistake.
- confide in a friend
- confide in a school
But I'm one of the people he confided in and I understood.
- But I'm one of the people he confided in and I understood.
- If someone confided in you, then you better hold it close to the vest.
- So she confided in Melanie and Melanie actually paid for her abortion, put her in a hotel.
- He sees you really as a life partner, someone in whom he can confide and share these challenges he's going through with as a source of support.
- A friend of mine confided that this was one of the big lessons he had to learn as a dad was to stop this, the impulse to lecture.
- For example, perhaps you confided in your partner that you once cheated on a high school ex-boyfriend or girlfriend and they will twist it into that.
- I met a classmate of mine from high school and he confided to me that he was recruited by the Stasi to become a spy go as a spy to West Germany.
- All I needed at that time was, you know, someone to talk to, to confide in.
- That sparks a conversation that, like what it was happening, she confides in.
- It's perfectly reasonable for a girl and a woman to confide in other people, whereas manly men don't do that.
- But I like in school like people would be like whenever people would like confide in me and be like my, my cousin, they just, you know what I mean?
- So the cousin confided in her roommate about you know, my cousin has relationship with Griselda's old man.
Examples
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Well, did he confide in you regarding the book?
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"Then she turned to me and confided, "He was up all night."
Fiction book (1992) -
Or did they confide they had a camera set up?
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And what officers told me was people started to confide in them, would share information with them, would thank them.
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You could talk to me and confide in me.
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To someone like him, you could confide anything, and he would accept you.
Fiction book (1990) -
Of central importance for the participants was having an opportunity to confide in someone about their home situation.
Academic text (2008) -
For example, young children may confide in and receive most of their emotional support from their parents.
Academic text (1994) -
" I'm ready for another one," she confided to Paxton when they went to the ladies' room.
Fiction book (1990) -
Jaime felt he had finally found someone he could confide in about his years of abuse.
Synonyms
711
1.0
To tell someone about your thoughts, feelings or experiences
45
6.2
To tell secret or private information to people
2
6.0
To speak to someone in private about something sensitive
Antonyms
How Private
113
4.6
- Informal
33
3.9
- Informal
149
2.9
∞
1.0
220
2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word confide comes from Latin parts con- 'with' and fidere 'to trust', the same root you see in fidelity and confident. So, to confide is to tell someone a secret because you trust them.