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Hi I was wondering if  you could translate " Trust in fate" into latin for me... Thank you.

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Hello,

"Trust in fate" can be translated correctly as follows:

-“Fato crede”
or
-“Fato confide”

See below for learning more.

Best regards,
Maria
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Note that:

-Trust = CREDE ( 2nd.person singular, imperative of CREDO, I trust) or CONFIDE (2nd.person singular, imperative of CONFIDO, I trust). Both these verbs required the dative case.

-in fate = FATO (dative of FATUM, 2nd.declension)

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