No Matter How You Say It: Confidence
In Other Languages
Spanish – confianza
French – confiance
German – vertrauen
Italian – fiducia
Swedish – förtroende
Euskara – konfiantza
Estonian – enesekindlus
Word Origin
late Middle English: from Latin confidentia, from confidere ‘have full trust’
Can you see how Confidence is having full trust in yourself?
Sign Language
Can you see the firmness in the confident sign and the defeat in the doubt sign?
Confidence Idioms
Piece of cake
It was a breeze
In my element
In my wheelhouse
Comfort zone
Vote of confidence
Shot in the arm
Get up the nerve to do it