desconfiar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From des- + confiar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [dəs.kuɱ.fiˈa]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəs.koɱ.fiˈa]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [des.koɱ.fiˈaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [des.koɱ.fiˈa]
=== Verb ===
desconfiar (first-person singular present desconfio, first-person singular preterite desconfií, past participle desconfiat)
(intransitive) to be distrustful (de of)
Synonym: malfiar-se
Antonym: confiar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
desconfiança
=== Further reading ===
“desconfiar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“desconfiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“desconfiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “desconfiar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
By surface analysis, des- + confiar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: des‧con‧fi‧ar
=== Verb ===
desconfiar (first-person singular present desconfio, first-person singular preterite desconfiei, past participle desconfiado)
to distrust, mistrust
Antonym: confiar
to suspect
==== Conjugation ====
==== Quotations ====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:desconfiar.
=== Further reading ===
“desconfiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“desconfiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From des- + confiar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /deskonˈfjaɾ/ [d̪es.kõɱˈfjaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: des‧con‧fiar
=== Verb ===
desconfiar (first-person singular present desconfío, first-person singular preterite desconfié, past participle desconfiado)
(intransitive) to distrust, to mistrust
Antonym: confiar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“desconfiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025