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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
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Every day worse," Tia Flor confides to Yolanda, flashing her famous smile.†
Chpt 1.1

confides = places trust (in someone) by talking about private things
"And my father," the mother confided, "was helping us out—"†
Chpt 1.3

confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
"That one has always had a great imagination," the mother confided to whoever sat next to her.†
Chpt 1.3
The grandmother clucks at her granddaughter, then confides to the young man, "She's going to look just like an angel, pink and blond.†
Chpt 1.3

confides = places trust (in someone) by talking about private things
"Without Papito," Mami confided in her girls, swearing them never to repeat this to their father, "without Papito, we would have to go on welfare."†
Chpt 2.10

confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
"The girls are having such fun," she heard her mother confide to Mrs. Fanning.
Chpt 2.10 *

confide = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
Everyone thought that was very good of him and proved he had a good heart after all, but Mundin had confided in me later that he was mostly interested in giving needles and cutting people open on the operating table.†
Chpt 3.12

confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things

Definitions:

(1) (confide)
to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, confide can mean to give trust to someone while giving them something important--such as a responsibility or a valuable item. For example, "I confided the job to her care."