fidando

Fidando is the present participle (gerund) of the Italian verb fidare, which means to entrust, to rely on, or to trust someone or something. As a gerund, fidando is used to indicate an ongoing action related to trust, similar to the English “trusting” or “entrusting.”

In modern Italian, fidare is less common in everyday speech compared with fidarsi (to trust) or affidare and confidare, which express related nuances more precisely. Fidando tends to appear in literary, formal, or historical contexts, or in constructions that describe a process rather than a completed action.

As a gerund, fidando can form adverbial or participial phrases that convey cause, condition, or concomitant action. For example, in a literary sentence one might encounter a construction like “Fidando nel proprio giudizio, decise di agire,” meaning “Trusting in his own judgment, he decided to act.” Such usage is more typical of written Italian than of everyday speech.

Etymologically, fidando derives from the Latin fides, meaning faith or trust. It is related to other Italian verbs such as fidare (to entrust), fidarsi (to trust), confidare (to confide), and affidare (to entrust). The noun fiducia means trust or confidence, and the adjective fidato means trusted.

See also: fidare, fidarsi, confidare, affidare, fiducia. Note that fidando is primarily a grammatical form used in specific, often formal contexts, and speakers may substitute more common constructions depending on nuance and register.