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ele desconfiou

suspected, mistrusted

→ desconfiar
des undo, remove, or reverse + confi to trust, to rely on + ou 3rd-person singular past tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #41,554
suspected, mistrusted
PO: Ela desconfiou do vizinho.
EN: She suspected the neighbor.
Conjugation of desconfiar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First desconfiei —
Third desconfiou —

Tom desconfiou de alguma coisa.

Tom suspected something was up.

A polícia desconfiou da carga do caminhão.

The police were suspicious of the truck's cargo.

Ele desconfiou de alguma coisa?

Did he suspect something?

— O Pagador de Promessas (1962)

Snape, infelizmente, desconfiou.

Snape, unfortunately, became suspicious.

— Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal (2001)