desconfiança

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ confiança.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəs.kuɱ.fiˈan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəs.koɱ.fiˈan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [des.koɱ.fiˈan.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

desconfiança f (plural desconfiances)

1. mistrust, distrust, suspicion

   Antonym: confiança

   • 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.

Related terms

• desconfiar

Further reading

• “desconfiança”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “desconfiança”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “desconfiança” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “desconfiança” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From desconfiar +‎ -ança or des- +‎ confiança.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [des.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [des.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [deʃ.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /deʃ.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/, /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃ.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sa/ [des.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sa], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõˈfjɐ̃.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
• Hyphenation: des‧con‧fi‧an‧ça

Noun

desconfiança f (plural desconfianças)

1. mistrust, distrust, suspicion

   Antonym: confiança

Related terms

• desconfiar

Further reading

• “desconfiança”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025