"confident" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt] [Received-Pronunciation], [-dn̩t] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/ [General-American], [ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt] [General-American], [-dn̩t] [General-American] Audio: en-us-confident.ogg [US] Forms: more confident [comparative], most confident [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{der|en|frm|confident}} Middle French confident, {{der|en|la|confidens||confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent}} Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), {{m|la|confidere||to trust fully, confide}} confidere (“to trust fully, confide”), {{m|en|confide}} confide Head templates: {{en-adj}} confident (comparative more confident, superlative most confident)
  1. Very sure of something; positive. Translations (being very sure of or positive about something): وَاثِق (wāṯiq) [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَأَكِّد (mutaʔakkid) (Arabic), վստահ (vstah) (Armenian), arxayın (Azerbaijani), упэ́ўнены (upéŭnjeny) (Belarusian), пэ́ўны (péŭny) (Belarusian), си́гурен (síguren) (Bulgarian), уве́рен (uvéren) (Bulgarian), confiat (Catalan), 確信 (Chinese Mandarin), 确信 (quèxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), jistý [masculine] (Czech), vol vertrouwen (Dutch), luottavainen (Finnish), itsevarma (Finnish), assuré (French), confiant (French), sûr (French), დარწმუნებული (darc̣munebuli) (Georgian), zuversichtlich (German), sicher (German), בטוח (bat'uakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), בטוחה (bet'ukha) [feminine] (Hebrew), bizakodó (Hungarian), biztos (Hungarian), certigeso (Ido), yakin (Indonesian), urrúsach (Irish), fiducioso (Italian), sicuro (Italian), 確信した (kakushin shita) (alt: かくしんした) (Japanese), 확신하다 (hwaksinhada) (Korean), pārliecināts (Latvian), уверен (uveren) (Macedonian), ngākau titikaha (Maori), māia (Maori), مطمئن (motma'en) (Persian), driest (Plautdietsch), pewny (Polish), pewien (Polish), przeświadczony (Polish), confiante (Portuguese), seguro [masculine] (Portuguese), sigur (Romanian), încrezător (Romanian), уве́ренный (uvérennyj) (Russian), cinnteach (Scottish Gaelic), deimhinn (Scottish Gaelic), misneachail (Scottish Gaelic), istý (Slovak), confiado (Spanish), seguro de sí mismo (Spanish), trygg (Swedish), มั่นใจ (mân-jai) (Thai), впе́внений (vpévnenyj) (Ukrainian), пе́вний (pévnyj) (Ukrainian), tự tin (Vietnamese), kiikarahi (Winnebago)
    Sense id: en-confident-en-adj-qo~JOHBm Disambiguation of 'being very sure of or positive about something': 80 20 0
  2. Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself. Synonyms (self-confident): self-assured
    Sense id: en-confident-en-adj-8mJuvjc5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 69 2 29 Disambiguation of 'self-confident': 3 92 5
  3. (obsolete, derogatory) Forward, impudent. Tags: derogatory, obsolete Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-confident-en-adj-kdvgcJ1o Disambiguation of Personality: 0 18 78 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: confidant, confidante, confide, confidence, confidential, e-confident, overconfident, self-confident

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt] [Received-Pronunciation], [-dn̩t] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/ [General-American], [ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt] [General-American], [-dn̩t] [General-American] Audio: en-us-confident.ogg [US] Forms: confidents [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{der|en|frm|confident}} Middle French confident, {{der|en|la|confidens||confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent}} Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), {{m|la|confidere||to trust fully, confide}} confidere (“to trust fully, confide”), {{m|en|confide}} confide Head templates: {{en-noun}} confident (plural confidents)
  1. Obsolete form of confidant. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: confidant
    Sense id: en-confident-en-noun-w2xaOKa-

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "darc̣munebuli",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "დარწმუნებული"
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          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "zuversichtlich"
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "sicher"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bat'uakh",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "בטוח"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bet'ukha",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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          "word": "בטוחה"
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          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "bizakodó"
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          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "biztos"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "certigeso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "yakin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "urrúsach"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "fiducioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "sicuro"
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          "alt": "かくしんした",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakushin shita",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "確信した"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hwaksinhada",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "확신하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "pārliecināts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "uveren",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "уверен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "ngākau titikaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "māia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "motma'en",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "مطمئن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "driest"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "pewny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "pewien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "przeświadczony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "confiante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "seguro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "sigur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "încrezător"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uvérennyj",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "уве́ренный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "cinnteach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "deimhinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "misneachail"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "istý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "confiado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "seguro de sí mismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "trygg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mân-jai",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "มั่นใจ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vpévnenyj",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "впе́внений"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pévnyj",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "пе́вний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "tự tin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20 0",
          "code": "win",
          "lang": "Winnebago",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "kiikarahi"
        }
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          "ref": "1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, I.2",
          "text": "I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night.",
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        "Forward, impudent."
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        "(obsolete, derogatory) Forward, impudent."
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "confiat"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "確信"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "quèxìn",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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      "word": "jistý"
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      "word": "vol vertrouwen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "luottavainen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "itsevarma"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "assuré"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "confiant"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "sûr"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "darc̣munebuli",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "დარწმუნებული"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "zuversichtlich"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "sicher"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "bat'uakh",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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      "word": "בטוח"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "yakin"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "urrúsach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "fiducioso"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "sicuro"
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      "alt": "かくしんした",
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      "roman": "kakushin shita",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "確信した"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "hwaksinhada",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "확신하다"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "code": "mk",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "ngākau titikaha"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "māia"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "مطمئن"
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "pewny"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "pewien"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "przeświadczony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "confiante"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "sigur"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "încrezător"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "уве́ренный"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "cinnteach"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "deimhinn"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "misneachail"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "istý"
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      "word": "confiado"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "seguro de sí mismo"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "trygg"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "mân-jai",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "มั่นใจ"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "впе́внений"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "tự tin"
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    {
      "code": "win",
      "lang": "Winnebago",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "kiikarahi"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "confide"
      },
      "expansion": "confide",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "confidents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "confident (plural confidents)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "con‧fi‧dent"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "confidant"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English obsolete forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of confidant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confidant",
          "confidant#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-dn̩t]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑnfɪdənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-dn̩t]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-confident.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/En-us-confident.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confident"
}

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