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confesar
SPANISH-ENGLISH
conmemorativo
- confesar [rad-ch I] to admit, confess Confesó su delito. He confessed his crime.
- confesión [f] confession, acknowledgment.
- confiado (See confiar) trusting, unsuspecting Son unas personas muy confiadas. They're very trusting people.
- confianza confidence, faith Han perdido la confianza en él. They've lost confidence in him.
○ de confianza informal, intimate Fué una reunión de confianza. It was an informal meeting. ○ en confianza confidentially, in confidence Le digo esto en confianza. I'm telling you this confidentially. ○ hombre de confianza right-hand man Es su hombre de confianza. He's his right-hand man. ○ tener confianza con to be on intimate terms with No tengo suficiente confianza con él para eso. I'm not sufficiently intimate with him for that. ○ tener confianza en to trust ¿Por qué no tiene Ud. confianza en mí? Why don't you trust me? - confiar to entrust to, put in charge of Le confiaron la administración de sus negocios. They put him in charge of their business. ° confiar en to rely on, trust in, count on Ud. puede confiar en él. You can rely on him.
- confidencia ○ hacer confidencias to confide Me ha estado haciendo confidencias. He's been confiding in me.
- confidencial confidential.
- confirmación [f] confirmation.
- confirmar to confirm, corroborate La prensa confirmó los rumores. The press confirmed the rumors.
- confitería candy store, confectionery; candy.
- conflicto conflict, struggle.
- conforme as Todo queda conforme estaba. Everything remains as it was.—Conforme leía, más me interesaba. As I was reading, I became more interested.
○ conforme a in accordance with, in line with Conforme a su petición. . . . In accordance with your request. . . . ○ estar conforme con to be resigned to Está conforme con su suerte. He's resigned to his fate. ▲ to be in agreement with Estoy conforme con lo que Ud. dice. I agree with you. - confundido confused, mistaken.
○ estar confundido to be mistaken, confused. ○ quedar confundido to be extremely embarrassed Al ver lo que había hecho, quedó confundido. On seeing what he had done, he was extremely embarrassed. - confundir to confound, jumble, mix up Han confundido todas las tarjetas. They've mixed up all the cards. ▲ to mistake Ud. me confunde con mi hermano. You're mistaking me for my brother.
○ confundirse to make a mistake Me he confundido muchas veces al copiar esta carta. I made many mistakes in copying this letter. - confusión [f] confusion, disorder Hubo unos momentos de confusión. There were a few moments of confusion. ▲ embarrassment, confusion.
- confuso confusing, not clear Los informes eran confusos. The reports were confusing. ▲ hard to read or understand Su letra es confusa. His handwriting's hard to read. ▲ hazy, vague Tengo un recuerdo confuso. I have a vague recollection. ▲ confused, mixed up, embarrassed Se quedaron muy confusos. They were completely confused.
- congestión [f] stroke (sun, etc) Le dió una congestión. He had a stroke.
- congestionado congested El tráfico está congestionado. The traffic's congested.
- congraciarse to get into one's good graces Quería congraciarse con la madre de su novia. He wanted to get into the good graces of his sweetheart's mother.
- congregación [f] congregation.
- congregar to congregate, assemble El cura congregó a los fieles en la iglesia. The priest assembled the parishioners in the church.
○ congregarse to gather, assemble Los manifestantes se congregaron en la plaza. The demonstrators gathered in the square. - congreso congress, convention.
○ Congreso de los Diputados House of Representatives. - conjetura conjecture, guess Se hacían muchas conjeturas sobre lo que iba a ocurrir. There was a great deal of conjecture as to what would happen.
- conjunto joint, unified Acción conjunta. Joint action. ▲ [m] whole, entirety Vale más el conjunto que las partes. The whole is worth more than the parts.
○ en conjunto as a whole En conjunto el plan me parece bien. As a whole, the plan seems good to me. - conmemorativo commemorative.
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