French for "trust"

I havent used my French since i took it a few years ago, I've been brushing up on it in order to declare it as mine Minor and for the life of me cant figure out the concept of Trust in the language, what is the most common form of the verb in the infinitive?( You can give me both formal and informal if there is a difference and you know them both). I've checked several sites and dictionaries and keep getting different answers...someone please help :(

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on July 31, 2011 at 5:23pm

The noun is generally confiance.

The equivalent of "trust" as a verb is usually to use various expressions with confiance. You can say either avoir confiance en (literally "have trust/faith in...") or faire confiance à/mettre sa confiance en ("to put one's faith in...", "to rely on..."). Especially when talking about "trusting" figures, the contents of a document etc, you can also use the verb se fier à, which is essentially equivalent to the last couple of expressions.