desconfiado

adj.

distrustful, doubtful, doubting, mistrustful.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: desconfiar.

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desconfiado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=desconfiar}}desconfiar

► adjetivo

1 distrustful, suspicious, wary

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 distrustful person, suspicious person, wary person

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(f. - desconfiada)

adj.

suspicious, distrustful

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ADJ distrustful, suspicious (de of)

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-da adjetivo (receloso) distrustful; (suspicaz) suspicious

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= distrustful, suspicious, gun-shy, mistrustful.

Ex. Their mood may be characterized as distrustful, incredulous, or doubtful.

Ex. This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Outsourced, downsized and gun-shy'.

Ex. Scientometric indicators published are mostly incomparable impeding the development of the field and making the users of scientometric results mistrustful.

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-da adjetivo (receloso) distrustful; (suspicaz) suspicious

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= distrustful, suspicious, gun-shy, mistrustful.

Ex: Their mood may be characterized as distrustful, incredulous, or doubtful.

Ex: This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Outsourced, downsized and gun-shy'.

Ex: Scientometric indicators published are mostly incomparable impeding the development of the field and making the users of scientometric results mistrustful.

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desconfiado¹ -da

adjective

(receloso) distrustful; (suspicaz) suspicious

no seas desconfiado, no te voy a hacer daño don't be so distrustful, I'm not going to hurt you

los habitantes del pueblo eran muy desconfiados the villagers were very suspicious o wary of us

desconfiado² -da

masculine, feminine

es un desconfiado he's very suspicious o mistrustful

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Del verbo desconfiar: (conjugate desconfiar)

desconfiado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
desconfiado    
desconfiar
desconfiado

◊ -da adjetivo (receloso) distrustful;

(suspicaz) suspicious
desconfiar (conjugate desconfiar) verbo intransitivo desconfiado de algn to mistrust sb, to distrust sb;
desconfiado de algo ‹de motivos› to mistrust sth;
‹de honestidad› to doubt sth
desconfiado,-a adjetivo distrustful, wary
desconfiar verbo intransitivo to distrust [de, -]: desconfiaba de él, I didn't trust him
'desconfiado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desconfiada
- resabiada
- resabiado
- mosqueado
English:
distrustful
- mistrustful
- suspicious

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desconfiado, -a

♦ adj

distrustful;

no seas tan desconfiado don't be so distrustful;

un pueblo de gente huraña y desconfiada a town with unsociable and distrustful inhabitants

♦ nm,f

distrustful person;

es un desconfiado he's very distrustful

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desconfiado

adj mistrustful, suspicious

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desconfiado, -da adj

: distrustful, suspicious

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desconfiado adj suspicious

se ha vuelto desconfiada she's become suspicious