autoconfiança

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *auto-

Proto-Hellenic *autós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.

Ancient Greek αὖ (aû)

Ancient Greek τόν (tón)

Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)bor.

Portuguese auto-

Old Galician-Portuguese confiança

Portuguese confiança

Portuguese autoconfiança

From auto- + confiança.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tu.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌaw.tu.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ], /ˌaw.to.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌaw.to.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tu.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌaw.tu.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ], /ˌaw.to.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌaw.to.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.kõˈfjɐ̃.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.to.kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sa/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.kõ.fɪˈɐ̃.sa], (faster pronunciation) /ˌaw.to.kõˈfjɐ̃.sa/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.kõˈfjɐ̃.sa]

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

Noun

autoconfiança f (plural autoconfianças)

1. self-confidence (the state of being self-confident)

   Synonym: aplomb

Further reading

• “autoconfiança”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “autoconfiança”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026