Confident in Different Languages
Discover 'Confident' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Confident
Afrikaans vol vertroue | ||
Albanian të sigurt | ||
Amharic በልበ ሙሉነት | ||
Arabic موثوق | ||
Armenian ինքնավստահ | ||
Assamese আত্মবিশ্বাসী | ||
Aymara sijuru | ||
Azerbaijani inamlı | ||
Bambara dannayabaa | ||
Basque ziur | ||
Belarusian упэўнены | ||
Bengali আত্মবিশ্বাসী | ||
Bhojpuri बिस्वास | ||
Bosnian samopouzdan | ||
Bulgarian уверен | ||
Catalan confiat | ||
Cebuano masaligon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 信心 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 信心 | ||
Corsican fiducia | ||
Croatian uvjeren | ||
Czech sebejistý | ||
Danish sikker | ||
Dhivehi ކޮންފިޑެންޓް | ||
Dogri बिश्वास पात्तर | ||
Dutch zelfverzekerd | ||
English confident | ||
Esperanto memfida | ||
Estonian enesekindel | ||
Ewe ka ɖe edzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tiwala | ||
Finnish luottavainen | ||
French sur de soi | ||
Frisian wis | ||
Galician confiado | ||
Georgian თავდაჯერებული | ||
German zuversichtlich | ||
Greek βέβαιος | ||
Guarani jeroviapy | ||
Gujarati આત્મવિશ્વાસ | ||
Haitian Creole konfyans | ||
Hausa m | ||
Hawaiian hilinaʻi | ||
Hebrew בטוח | ||
Hindi विश्वास है | ||
Hmong ntseeg siab | ||
Hungarian magabiztos | ||
Icelandic sjálfsöruggur | ||
Igbo nwere obi ike | ||
Ilocano napigsa pakinakem | ||
Indonesian percaya diri | ||
Irish muiníneach | ||
Italian fiducioso | ||
Japanese 自信がある | ||
Javanese manteb ing ati | ||
Kannada ಆತ್ಮವಿಶ್ವಾಸ | ||
Kazakh сенімді | ||
Khmer មានទំនុកចិត្ត | ||
Kinyarwanda bizeye | ||
Konkani आत्मविस्वासी | ||
Korean 자신감 | ||
Krio kɔnfidɛns | ||
Kurdish bigûman | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خاوەن متمانە | ||
Kyrgyz ишенимдүү | ||
Lao ໝັ້ນ ໃຈ | ||
Latin audentes | ||
Latvian pārliecināts | ||
Lingala kotya motema | ||
Lithuanian įsitikinęs | ||
Luganda okwekkiririzaamu | ||
Luxembourgish zouversiichtlech | ||
Macedonian самоуверен | ||
Maithili आत्मविश्वास सं भरल | ||
Malagasy antoka | ||
Malay yakin | ||
Malayalam ആത്മവിശ്വാസത്തോടെ | ||
Maltese kunfidenti | ||
Maori māia | ||
Marathi आत्मविश्वास | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯥꯖꯕ ꯂꯩꯕ | ||
Mizo inringtawk | ||
Mongolian өөртөө итгэлтэй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ယုံကြည်မှု | ||
Nepali आत्मविश्वास | ||
Norwegian selvsikker | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wotsimikiza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆତ୍ମବିଶ୍ୱାସୀ | | ||
Oromo ofitti amanaa | ||
Pashto باور | ||
Persian مطمئن | ||
Polish pewni | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) confiante | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ | ||
Quechua harkasqa | ||
Romanian încrezător | ||
Russian уверенная в себе | ||
Samoan mautinoa | ||
Sanskrit कृतनिश्चयः | ||
Scots Gaelic misneachail | ||
Sepedi boitshepho | ||
Serbian самоуверен | ||
Sesotho boitshepo | ||
Shona chivimbo | ||
Sindhi اعتماد | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විශ්වාසයි | ||
Slovak sebavedomý | ||
Slovenian samozavestna | ||
Somali kalsooni leh | ||
Spanish confidente | ||
Sundanese percaya diri | ||
Swahili kujiamini | ||
Swedish självsäker | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tiwala | ||
Tajik дилпурона | ||
Tamil நம்பிக்கையுடன் | ||
Tatar ышанычлы | ||
Telugu నమ్మకంగా | ||
Thai มั่นใจ | ||
Tigrinya ብዓርሱ ዝተኣማመን | ||
Tsonga titshembha | ||
Turkish kendinden emin | ||
Turkmen ynamly | ||
Twi (Akan) akokoɔduro | ||
Ukrainian впевнений | ||
Urdu پر اعتماد | ||
Uyghur ئۆزىگە ئىشىنىدۇ | ||
Uzbek o'ziga ishongan | ||
Vietnamese tự tin | ||
Welsh hyderus | ||
Xhosa ndithembe | ||
Yiddish זיכער | ||
Yoruba igboya | ||
Zulu ngokuzethemba |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "vol vertroue" in Afrikaans can also mean "trustworthy" or "reliable". |
| Albanian | The word "të sigurt" in Albanian can also mean "safe" or "secure". |
| Arabic | موثوق can mean "confidant" or a "person one trusts" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "inamlı" in Azerbaijani also means "trusting" and "faithful" |
| Basque | The word "ziur" also means "sure" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "упэўнены" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *vьpьnъ, which also meant "faithful" or "reliable." |
| Bengali | আত্মবিশ্বাসী (Ātmabiśbāsī) also means 'egoistic' or 'conceited' |
| Bosnian | The word "samopouzdan" in Bosnian derives from the Slavic root "sam" (self) and "pouzdati se" (to trust oneself). |
| Bulgarian | The word "уверен" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *vьrъ, meaning "belief" or "trust". |
| Catalan | The word "confiat" in Catalan has a dual etymology, coming from both Latin "confidare" and "confectus", giving it both the meanings of "confident" and "done" in modern usage. |
| Cebuano | Masaligon is derived from the Cebuano word 'salig' meaning 'trust', and also relates to 'saligang' which means 'foundation'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "信心" derives from the Buddhist concept of "mind of faith" and later acquired its more common meaning of "confidence". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "信心" (xìnxìn) in Chinese can also mean "belief" or "trust". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "fiducia" can also mean "trust" or "confidence." |
| Croatian | The word "uvjeren" also means "determined" or "convinced". |
| Czech | The Czech word "sebejistý" is related to "sebevědomí" and "jistota," meaning="self-confidence" and "certainty". |
| Danish | The word "sikker" is derived from the Old Norse word "sikr", meaning "safe" or "secure", and is related to the English word "secure". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "zelfverzekerd" can be separated as "zelf" meaning "self" and "verzekerd" meaning "assured". |
| Esperanto | "Memfida" is the Esperanto equivalent of the French "me fier," meaning to trust, and the Latin "me fide," meaning to have faith in me. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "enesekindel" is derived from the words "ene" (self) and "kindel" (certain). |
| Finnish | The word "luottavainen" also means "trusting" and comes from the word "luottamus" (trust), which in turn comes from the Old Norse word "traust" (trust). |
| French | The term "sur de soi" in French is derived from the Latin "super", meaning "upon" or "above", suggesting a sense of elevated self-assurance. |
| Frisian | The word "wis" in Frisian, meaning "confident" or "certain", derives from the Proto-Germanic root "*wisaz", sharing a common origin with the English word "wise". |
| Galician | In Galician, "confiado" originally meant "entrusted" or "committed to". |
| German | The word "zuversichtlich" originates from the Middle High German "zuoversiht," which means "trust in God. |
| Greek | The Greek word "βέβαιος" (confident) derives from the Proto-Indo-European "bebhōs" (firm) and is cognate with the Latin "firmus" (firm), the Spanish "firme" (firm), and the English "firm" (firm). |
| Gujarati | The term 'આત્મવિશ્વાસ' originates from the Sanskrit compound 'ātma' (self) and 'viśvāsa' (trust), signifying a belief in one's own abilities and judgment. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "konfyans" also means "trust" and originally derived from the French word "confiance" |
| Hausa | The word "m" in Hausa can also mean "to be sure" or "to be certain". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "hilinaʻi" also means "to rest, lean, or depend upon". |
| Hebrew | In Arabic, the word "בטוח" means "hero" |
| Hindi | The term विश्वास (confident) derives from the verb 'विश्वासना' meaning to trust or have faith in something. |
| Hmong | 'Ntseeg siab' is sometimes also used to convey the meaning of 'bold' or 'courageous,' similar to the English word 'brave'. |
| Hungarian | "Magabiztos' is a compound word in Hungarian, the result of the suffix 'biztos-', meaning 'certain, sure' and 'maga-', or 'itself'. Therefore, 'magabiztos' can indicate one's self-confidence and firmness in their actions." |
| Icelandic | The word "sjálfsöruggur" originated in the Old Norse "sjalfr", meaning "self". |
| Igbo | "Nwere obi ike" is derived from the Igbo phrase meaning "to have a strong heart". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "percaya diri" literally means "believe in oneself" (percaya="believe," diri="self"), reflecting the importance of self-belief in confidence. |
| Irish | The Irish word "muiníneach" originally meant "of or associated with the neck," from "muin," meaning "neck." |
| Italian | The Italian word “fiducioso” derives from the Latin “fidere”, which means “to trust”. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "自信がある" (confident) literally means "to have self-trust". |
| Javanese | In Old Javanese, "manteb" referred to a person of strong and unwavering character. |
| Kannada | The word "ಆತ್ಮವಿಶ್ವಾಸ" is derived from the Sanskrit words "आत्मा" (self) and "विश्वास" (belief), and can also mean "self-belief" or "self-confidence". |
| Kazakh | The word "сенімді" also means "trustworthy" or "reliable" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word មានទំនុកចិត្ត (confident) is derived from the Sanskrit word "mantrana" meaning "to counsel" or "to advise". It can also refer to a person who is "trusted" or "reliable". |
| Korean | 자신감 (confident) is a Korean word composed of the root 자신 (self) and the suffix 감 (feeling), and also means "feeling of self-respect". |
| Kurdish | The word "biguman" in Kurdish is derived from the Persian word "bigam" meaning "without doubt". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ишенимдүү" (confident) in Kyrgyz originates from the word "ишеним" (trust), which reflects the idea that confidence is built on trust. |
| Latin | The Latin word "audentes" also means "daring" or "bold". |
| Latvian | The word "pārliecināts" can also mean "persuaded" or "convinced." |
| Lithuanian | "Įsitikinęs" (confident) is derived from the verb "įsitikinti" (to verify), which in turn comes from the noun "įsitikinimas" (belief). |
| Macedonian | The word "самоуверен" also has a negative connotation, implying arrogance and overconfidence. |
| Malagasy | Malagasy "antoka" is a doublet of the Sanskrit "antoka" and the Persian "antokā" meaning "a little box to hold incense." |
| Malay | The word "yakin" can also mean "certain" or "sure" in Malay, and is derived from the Arabic word "yaqin" with the same meaning. |
| Maltese | The word 'kunfidenti' in Maltese comes from the Italian and Spanish 'confidente' which means 'trusted friend'. |
| Maori | The word "māia" in Māori can also refer to a trusted friend or companion. |
| Marathi | The word 'आत्मविश्वास' (confident) in Marathi is derived from 'आत्मा' (self) and 'विश्वास' (belief), emphasizing the belief one has in themselves. |
| Nepali | The term "आत्मविश्वास" shares etymological roots with "self-confidence" and "confidence" in English, indicating reliance on one's abilities and perceptions. |
| Norwegian | Norwegian Selvsikker originates from Danish, where sikker originally meant 'free from harm or danger'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "wotsimikiza" can also mean "a person who knows everything". |
| Pashto | The word "باور" in Pashto derives from the Middle Persian word "bāvar", meaning "belief". |
| Persian | The word "مطمئن" is derived from the Arabic root "أ م ن" which means "to be secure" or "to be safe." |
| Polish | «Pewny» means «reliable» and derives from «pew» (meaning «faith, reliability») as opposed to «podejrzany» (meaning «suspicious, unreliable»), a derivative of «podejrzenie» (meaning «suspicion») |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Confiante" can also be used to describe a situation that inspires trust or a person who is trustworthy. |
| Romanian | The word "încrezător" in Romanian comes from the Latin "confidere", meaning "to trust". |
| Russian | The word "уверенная в себе" literally means "sure of oneself" in Russian. |
| Samoan | Mautinoa is derived from the root word 'mautino,' which also means 'to be presumptuous.' |
| Scots Gaelic | Misneachail in Scots Gaelic also means 'enthusiastic' or 'spirited' in Irish. |
| Serbian | The word "самоуверен" (confident) in Serbian also means "self-assured" or "presumptuous." |
| Sesotho | Sesotho's "boitshepo" also connotes composure and assurance but has no equivalent word in English and carries more nuance than its synonyms. |
| Shona | The Shona term "chivimbo" is derived from the verb "vimba," meaning "to be strong and assertive." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "විශ්වාසයි" in Sinhala is derived from the Sanskrit word "विश्वास" which means "faith, trust, or confidence". |
| Slovak | "Sebavedomý" is derived from "seba" (self) and "vedomý" (conscious), meaning "aware of oneself". |
| Slovenian | The word "samozavestna" in Slovenian derives from the Proto-Slavic root "vъsěti" meaning "to trust" or "to believe. |
| Somali | Kalsooni leh could also mean 'with a heart made of stone' |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "confidente" can also refer to a confidant, someone trusted with secrets. |
| Sundanese | The word "percaya diri" in Sundanese can also mean "self-belief" or "trust in oneself". |
| Swahili | The word "kujiamini" can also mean "trust" or "faith". |
| Swedish | It's composed of the Swedish word for 'self' ('själv') and the word for 'sure' ('säker'), and it literally translates to 'self-secure'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Tiwala may also mean belief, reliance, or trust. |
| Tajik | The word "дилпурона" also means "one who is reliable and trustworthy" in Tajik. |
| Telugu | As a noun, నమ్మకంగా means faith or belief, and it can also mean conscience or conviction. |
| Thai | มั่นใจ derives from Sanskrit ‘man’, meaning ‘to think’, ‘to believe in, ‘to assume’ and ‘to understand’. |
| Turkish | Kendinden emin is a compound word meaning 'having confidence in oneself' and can also be used to describe someone who is arrogant or presumptuous. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "впевнений" (confident) is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "вѣрити" (to believe), and can also mean "to be sure" or "to be certain". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "پر اعتماد" can also mean "relying" or "trusting". |
| Uzbek | The phrase "o'ziga ishongan" is derived from "o'z" (self) and "ishongan" (to trust), thus meaning "to trust in oneself." |
| Vietnamese | "Tự tin" in Vietnamese is derived from two Chinese characters: "tự" (self) and "tin" (believe). Besides its primary meaning of "confident," it can also refer to "self-esteem" or "self-reliance." |
| Welsh | The name "Hyderus" may also mean "water" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, 'ndithembe' also carries the connotations of 'reliability' and 'trustworthiness'. |
| Yiddish | The word 'זיכער' is derived from the German word 'sicher', meaning 'secure'. |
| Yoruba | The term 'Igboya' can also refer to an individual who is very sure of themselves. |
| Zulu | The word 'ngokuzethemba' is derived from the Zulu word 'ethemba', meaning 'hope' or 'faith', and the prefix 'ngoku-', which indicates a state or condition. |
| English | In 17th-century English, ‘confident’ meant ‘person in whom one confides’; a sense retained in words like ‘confidant’. |