fiderebbero

Fiderebbero is an Italian verb form that represents the third-person plural of the conditional mood (condizionale presente). It corresponds to the idea of “they would entrust” or “they would trust,” depending on the sense of the verb chosen (entrust or trust) in a hypothetical or contingent situation. The form is typically analyzed as the stem fid- with the standard -erebbero ending used by -are and -ere verbs in the conditional present.

grammatically, fiderebbero would be the expected 3rd person plural form for a verb with a base fid- and an -ere verb ending. In practice, Italian speakers more commonly encounter the related verb fidare (to entrust, to trust) in everyday speech, where the same conditional paradigm yields fiderei, fideresti, fiderebbe, fidiremmo, fideste, fiderebbero. The verb fidere, a less common literary or archaic variant meaning “to trust,” shares the same root and gives rise to the same family of conditional endings.

Usage and style notes

Fiderebbero tends to appear in literary or historical texts and in careful, formal writing rather than in casual speech. When choosing among synonyms in modern usage, speakers often opt for forms of credere (to believe) or rely on context to express conditional trust or entrustment rather than using fidarebbero in everyday dialogue.

Etymology

The form derives from Latin fīdere (to trust) through the Romance language development that produced Italian fidare and fidere. The conditional endings -erebbero are the standard Italian suffix for the third-person plural in the condizionale presente.