confidence
A. -noun
1. (=trust) confianza (f)
a. to [gain] somebody'noun confidence = ganarse la confianza de somebody, someone
b. to [have] (every) confidence in somebody = tener (entera) confianza en somebody, someone
·to have (every) confidence that
·estar seguro de que
c. to [inspire] confidence = inspirar confianza
d. a motion of [no] confidence = mociónoun (f) de censura
e. to [put] one'noun confidence in something/somebody = confiar en algo/somebody, someone
2. also self-confidence   confianza (f) (en nouní mismo), seguridad (f) (en nouní mismo)
a. to [gain] confidence = ganar confianza or seguridad (en nouní mismo)
b. he [lacks] confidence = le falta confianza or seguridad (en nouní mismo)
3. (=secrecy) confianza (f)
a. [in] confidence = en confianza
·to tell somebody (about) something in strict confidence
·decir algo a somebody, someone en la masculineánoun estricta confianza
·"write in confidence to Michelle Davis"
·"escriba a Michelle Davis: discreciónoun garantizada"
b. to take somebody [into] one'noun confidence = confiarse a somebody, someone
4. (=revelation) confidencia (f)
a. they [exchanged] confidences = se hicieron confidencias
B. -compound
·confidence man -noun   timador (m), estafador (m)
·confidence trick
·confidence game
(especially United States) -noun   timo (m), estafa (f)
·confidence trickster -noun   timador (m) / timadoa (f), estafador (m) / estafadoa (f)