what it means
A confidant is the person you tell the thing you have told nobody else. The word comes from confide, and the whole of it is trust: you hand something over and it stays handed over. The drawing gives that a body. The listener's head is a green safe. She whispers, the door swings open just long enough to take the file, and shuts. Later the secret tries to spring out on its own and the safe pushes it back down. A friend is someone you like. A confidant is someone you are safe with, which is rarer — most people have one, not a circle. Confidante is the same word spelled for a woman.
Un confidant es la persona a la que le cuentas lo que no cuentas a nadie. Viene de confiar. En el dibujo, la cabeza de quien escucha es una caja fuerte verde: se abre lo justo para recibir el papel y se cierra. Luego el secreto intenta salir y la caja lo empuja dentro. Un amigo es alguien que te cae bien; un confidant es alguien con quien estás a salvo.
Um confidant é a pessoa a quem você conta o que não conta a mais ninguém. Vem de confiar. No desenho, a cabeça de quem ouve é um cofre verde: abre o tanto necessário para receber o papel e fecha. Depois o segredo tenta escapar sozinho e o cofre o empurra de volta. Amigo é quem você gosta; confidant é com quem você está seguro.
Un confidant, c'est la personne à qui vous dites ce que vous ne dites à personne d'autre. Du verbe confier. Dans le dessin, la tête de celui qui écoute est un coffre-fort vert : il s'ouvre le temps de prendre le papier, puis se referme. Le secret tente de sortir ; le coffre le repousse. Un ami est quelqu'un qu'on aime ; un confident, quelqu'un avec qui on est en sûreté.
Confidant adalah orang yang kamu beri tahu hal yang tak kamu ceritakan pada siapa pun. Akarnya confide, memercayakan. Di gambar, kepala si pendengar berupa brankas hijau: terbuka secukupnya untuk menerima kertas, lalu tertutup. Ketika rahasia mencoba melompat keluar, brankas mendorongnya kembali. Teman itu orang yang kamu suka; confidant orang yang membuatmu aman.
Confidant, kimseye söylemediğin şeyi söylediğin kişidir. Kökü confide: emanet etmek. Çizimde dinleyenin başı yeşil bir kasadır; kâğıdı almaya yetecek kadar açılır, sonra kapanır. Sır kendi kendine fırlamaya kalkınca kasa onu geri iter. Arkadaş sevdiğin kişidir; confidant yanında güvende olduğun kişi.
Confidant は、誰にも言えないことを打ち明ける相手のこと。語源は confide、託すという意味です。絵では、聞き手の頭が緑の金庫になっています。紙を受け取るぶんだけ開き、すぐ閉じる。秘密がひとりで飛び出そうとすると、金庫が押し戻します。友達は「好きな人」。confidant は「安心して話せる人」です。
noun
the person you trust with what you would not say aloud
“He was her only confidant through the whole miserable year.”
noun
a trusted adviser close to someone powerful
“The minister's closest confidant was never elected to anything.”
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