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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesconfidente
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kom.fiˈðen.te
"Ella es mi confidente y sé que guardará el secreto."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others.
"She considered her diary her only true confidant during her difficult teenage years." - 2
A close and trusted advisor or companion in high-level personal or professional affairs.
"The CEO relied on his chief of staff as his primary confidant on strategic decisions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French participle 'confidant', stemming from the Italian 'confidante' and ultimately from the Latin 'confidentem', meaning trusting or bold. Entering the English language in the late 17th century, it shifted from a general adjective meaning 'trusting' to specifically designate a person trusted with private secrets or intimate matters.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Confidant" is said worldwide
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confident
Transliteration: kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃
"Il est devenu mon principal confident."
Vertraute
Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ.tə
"Sie war seine engste Vertraute in politischen Fragen."
confidente
Transliteration: kon.fiˈdɛn.te
"Lui è il mio confidente più fidato."
confidente
Transliteration: kom.fiˈðen.te
"Ella es mi confidente y sé que guardará el secreto."
confidente
Transliteration: kõ.fiˈdẽ.tʃi
"Ele tornou-se o meu confidente mais próximo."
राजदार
Transliteration: rajdaar
"वह मेरा सबसे भरोसेमंद राजदार है।"
知己
Transliteration: zhījǐ
"她是我无话不谈的知己。"
말벗
Transliteration: malbeot
"그는 나의 모든 비밀을 아는 유일한 말벗이다."
打ち明け話の相手
Transliteration: uchiakebanashi no aite
"彼女は私の悩みを聞いてくれる良き理解者であり confidant である。"
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