affidi
Affidi is a term used in Italian with several related meanings centered on the idea of entrusting or entrusted arrangements. In grammar, affidi is the second-person singular present indicative form of the verb affidare, meaning you entrust. As a noun, affidi can be seen as the plural of affido, an abstract noun referring to an act of entrusting or to a specific entrusted arrangement. The most common specialized sense appears in family and child protection contexts, where affido (or affidamento) denotes a foster-care arrangement in which a child is entrusted to the care of a family or guardian while parental rights are maintained or while decisions about the child’s future are made. The arrangement is typically supervised by social services and, when required, by the courts, and it is usually temporary, with possible outcomes including reunification with the biological family, transition to a long-term foster arrangement, or adoption (affido adottivo).
In addition to the child-protection sense, affidi can be used more generally to refer to acts of
Origin and usage notes: affido and affidi come from the same linguistic family as other fid- words