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1 affidare
entrust* * *affidare v.tr.1 to entrust, to confide: affidare una somma, un compito, un dovere a qlcu., to entrust s.o. with a sum, a task, a duty (o to entrust a sum, a task, a duty to s.o.) // (comm.): affidare merci in deposito per garanzia, to bail; affidare beni in amministrazione fiduciaria, to trustee2 ( consegnare) to commit: affidare alla memoria, a uno scritto, to commit to memory, to writing; affidare l'anima a Dio, to commit one's soul to God3 (dir.) to grant: affidare la custodia di un bambino alla madre, to grant custody of a child to its mother; affidare in amministrazione fiduciaria, to trustee.◘ affidarsi v.rifl. to rely (up)on (s.o., sthg.); to depend upon (s.o., sthg.), to trust in (s.o., sthg.): affidati alle tue forze e non al caso, trust in your own strength, don't leave it to chance; mi affido a voi, I am relying (o I am depending) (up)on you; mi affido al vostro buon senso, I am relying on your common sense.* * *[affi'dare]1. vtaffidare qn/qc a qn — to entrust sb/sth to sb
2. vr (affidarsi)* * *[affi'dare] 1.verbo transitivoaffidare qcs. a qcn. — to entrust sth. to sb. o sb. with sth.
affidare qcn., qcs. a qcn. — to put o leave sb., sth. in sb.'s care
2) (assegnare) to assign [ incarico]affidare la responsabilità di qcs. a qcn. — to put sb. in charge of sth.
affidare a qcn. il compito di fare — to entrust sb. the task of doing
2.affidare a qcn. il comando di qcs. — to give sb. command of sth
-rsi a qcn. — to commit oneself to sb
* * *affidare/affi'dare/ [1]1 (dare in custodia) affidare qcs. a qcn. to entrust sth. to sb. o sb. with sth.; affidare qcn., qcs. a qcn. to put o leave sb., sth. in sb.'s care; affidare i propri pensieri alla carta to set down one's thoughts2 (assegnare) to assign [ incarico]; affidare la responsabilità di qcs. a qcn. to put sb. in charge of sth.; affidare a qcn. il compito di fare to entrust sb. the task of doing; affidare a qcn. il comando di qcs. to give sb. command of sth.II affidarsi verbo pronominaleto rely (a on), to trust (a to); - rsi alla sorte to trust to luck; -rsi a qcn. to commit oneself to sb. -
2 fidare
◆ v. intr. ( confidare) to trust (s.o., sthg.), to rely on (s.o., sthg.): fidare in qlcu., to rely on (o to trust) s.o.; fidare nell'aiuto di un amico, to rely on a close friend for help; fidare in Dio, to trust in God.◘ fidarsi v.intr.pron.1 ( aver fiducia) to trust (s.o.), to confide (in s.o.): non fidarti di lui, non è sincero, don't trust him, he isn't honest; da quella volta non si fida più di nessuno, he hasn't trusted anyone since then; mi fido dei miei collaboratori, I trust my assistants // fidare è bene, non fidare è meglio, (prov.) to trust is good, not to trust is better2 ( fare assegnamento) to rely on (s.o., sthg.), to trust to (s.o., sthg.), to depend upon (s.o., sthg.): non potete fidarvi del tempo, you cannot rely on the weather; posso fidarmi della tua discrezione?, may I rely on your discretion?; si fida troppo della sua memoria, he relies on (o he trusts to) his memory too much; l'auto è troppo vecchia: non c'è da fidare, you can't trust the car: it's too old; non c'è da fidare, io non mi fiderei della sua puntualità, you can't depend on him being on time3 (fam.) ( osare) to dare: non mi fidavo a contraddirlo, I dared not contradict him; non mi fido ancora a guidare, I still don't feel up to driving.* * *[fi'dare] 1. 2.verbo pronominale fidarsi1)- rsi di — to rely on, to trust [persona, promessa]
non -rsi di — to distrust [persona, governo]
-rsi ciecamente di qcn. — to trust sb. with one's life
2) (osare)••-rsi è bene, non -rsi è meglio — prov. = to trust is good but being wary is better
* * *fidare/fi'dare/ [1](aus. avere) (avere fede) to trust (in in)II fidarsi verbo pronominale1 - rsi di to rely on, to trust [persona, promessa]; non -rsi di to distrust [persona, governo]; fidati di me trust me; non fidarti di lei she's not to be trusted; -rsi ciecamente di qcn. to trust sb. with one's life2 (osare) non mi fido ad attraversare la strada I don't dare to cross the road-rsi è bene, non -rsi è meglio prov. = to trust is good but being wary is better.
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