English-Dutch translations for confide

• toevertrouwen
• vertrouwen
  Vertrouwen kun men niet afdwingen, vertrouwen wordt gewonnen. Confidence is not decreed; it is earned.
  Ik heb daarin echter niet zoveel vertrouwen. I am not as confident as that.
  Waarom zouden we niet vol vertrouwen zijn? Why should we not be confident?

Definition of confide

• To trust, have faith ('''in'''
• To entrust '''to''the responsibility of someone
• To take into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + '''in'''
• To say in confidence

Examples

• I confide this mission to you alone.
• I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.
• After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.
• She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.

Related words

• self-confidence
• self-confident
• confidence
• confidential
• confident
• confidentiality
• confidentially
• confidently
• confided