# desconfiar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From des- +‎ confiar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [dəs.kuɱ.fiˈa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [dəs.koɱ.fiˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [des.koɱ.fiˈaɾ]

### 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

#### Related terms

* desconfiança

### Further reading

* “desconfiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “desconfiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “desconfiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “desconfiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From des- +‎ confiar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /des.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [des.kõˈfja(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõˈfja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /des.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [des.kõˈfja(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõˈfja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /des.kõ.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [des.kõ.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfja(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.kõˈfja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʃ.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõ.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /deʃ.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõˈfja(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃ.kõˈfja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõˈfja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /des.kõ.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [des.kõ.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kõˈfjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kõˈfjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kõˈfja.ɾi/

### Verb

desconfiar (first-person singular present desconfio, first-person singular preterite desconfiei, past participle desconfiado)
* to distrust, mistrust
    Antonym: confiar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:desconfiar.

### Further reading

* “desconfiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From des- +‎ confiar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* desconfiado
* desconfianza

### Further reading

* “desconfiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10