desconfiança

Catalan

Etymology

des- + confiança

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /dəs.kom.fiˈan.sə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /dəs.kum.fiˈan.sə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /des.kom.fiˈan.sa/

Noun

desconfiança f (plural desconfiances)

  1. mistrust, distrust, suspicion
    • 2017 January 4, Juan Manuel Freire, “Les 10 noves sèries que has de veure el 2017”, in El Periódico:
      Qualsevol revival acostuma a despertar desconfiança, i si és molt estimat, una cosa pitjor: la por.
      Any revival tends to arouse suspicion, and if it is well-loved, something worse: fear.
    Antonym: confiança

Further reading


Portuguese

Etymology

des- + confiança

Noun

desconfiança f (plural desconfianças)

  1. mistrust, distrust, suspicion
    Antonym: confiança

Further reading

  • desconfiança” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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