confiança

Catalan

Etymology

From confiar (“to trust”) +‎ -ança.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɱ.fiˈan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.fiˈan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.fiˈan.sa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ansa

Noun

confiança f (plural confiances)

1. confidence, trust

   Antonym: desconfiança

Derived terms

• desconfiança

Further reading

• “confiança” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “confiança”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “confiança” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “confiança” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese confiança. By surface analysis, confiar +‎ -ança.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sa/ [kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sa], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈfjɐ̃.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
• Hyphenation: con‧fi‧an‧ça

Noun

confiança f (plural confianças)

1. trust, confidence