confiar and confiarse

Question

I know reflexive verbs often have different meanings. What's the difference between these two verbs? Examples please!

Answer 1

Confiar means: to trust.

Coonfiarse means to trust oneself.

This link may help.

I think your link is very helpful, but I am not so sure that confiarse means to trust oneself....well, except in that sense of being overconfident. Or perhaps you are a native speaker & the dictionary doesn't get it quite right....Or I misunderstand it. - Janice, Mar 21, 2010

Answer 2

I thnk that a few sample sentences and perhaps even Spanish synonyms might help you more clearly see the difference. Here are some from my Gran Diccionario Oxford:

First, understand that confiar can be a transitive or an intransitive verb:

confiar verbo intransitivo means

a (tener fe)

• confiar en alguien/algo to trust somebody/something;

• confiar en Dios to trust (in) God;

• Confiamos en su discreción. We depend on your discretion

and this intransitive form can also mean

b (estar seguro)

• confiar en algo to be confident of something;

• confiar en + inf/en que + subj:

• Confiamos en poder llevarlo a cabo. We are confident that we can do it;

• Confiemos en que venga. Let's hope she comes.

And then you have the transitive meaning: a If the object of this transitive verb is a [secreto] to confide;

• Siempre me confía sus preocupaciones. She always tells me o confides in me about her worries;

• confiar algo a alguien to confide something to somebody

or you have this second transitive meaning of "to entrust"

b (encomendar) to entrust

For example, you can entrust work or responsibility [trabajo/responsabilidad]

• Le confiaron una misión difícil. They entrusted him with a difficult mission

And then you have the pronominal verb "confiarse". Its first listed meaning is interesting :

a (hacerse ilusiones) to be overconfident;

• No te confíes demasiado. Don't get overconfident o too confident

Actually, I don't really see that much difference from the intransitive in the second, the "b" dictionary entry (below).

Maybe there is a matter of emphasis. In this pronominal version, the emphasis is on the subject opening up him- or herself rather than on a second party speaking about someone opening up.

I haven't expressed this well, I'm afraid....but maybe it helps a little

b (desahogarse, abrirse) confiarse a alguien to confide in somebody

Answer 3

Confiar: To trust, you can trust in yourself, you can trust others, etc... Confío en tu amistad Confiarse: To think you can count on someone but you may be wrong To trust your knowledge and fail the test Me confié en la prueba pero me fue mal

Answer 4

confiar-to trust others confiarse- to trust yourself Yo confio ella para completa el presentation I trust her to complete the presentation Yo confiarse completa la taea I trust myself to finish my homework