Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I trust
- tú you trust
- usted, él, ella he/she trusts
- nosotros we trust
- vosotros Spain you all trust
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they trust
SPANISH VERB
fiarse
to trust
- #466 most used
- Irregular -ar verb
- Gerund: fiándose
- Past participle: fiado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I trusted
- tú you trusted
- usted, él, ella he/she trusted
- nosotros we trusted
- vosotros Spain you all trusted
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they trusted
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to trust
- tú you used to trust
- usted, él, ella he/she used to trust
- nosotros we used to trust
- vosotros Spain you all used to trust
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to trust
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will trust
- tú you will trust
- usted, él, ella he/she will trust
- nosotros we will trust
- vosotros Spain you all will trust
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will trust
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would trust
- tú you would trust
- usted, él, ella he/she would trust
- nosotros we would trust
- vosotros Spain you all would trust
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would trust
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I trust
- tú (that) you trust
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she trust
- nosotros (that) we trust
- vosotros Spain (that) you all trust
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they trust
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I trusted
- tú (if) you trusted
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she trusted
- nosotros (if) we trusted
- vosotros Spain (if) you all trusted
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they trusted
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú trust!
- usted trust! (formal)
- nosotros trust! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain trust! (all of you)
- ustedes trust! (all of you)
How to use fiarse
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
No me fío de ese mecánico, cobra demasiado.
I don't trust that mechanic, he charges too much.
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Past
Me fie de él y me dejó tirado.
I trusted him and he left me in the lurch.
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Imperfect
Mi abuela no se fiaba de los bancos.
My grandmother didn't trust banks.
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Future
Después de esto, nadie se fiará de ella.
After this, nobody will trust her.
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Conditional
Yo no me fiaría de una oferta tan buena.
I wouldn't trust such a good offer.
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Present subjunctive
No es que no me fíe, es que quiero verlo.
It's not that I don't trust you, I want to see it.
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Past subjunctive
Mis padres querían que no me fiara de desconocidos.
My parents wanted me not to trust strangers.
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Imperative
¡Fíate de mí, que sé lo que hago!
Trust me, I know what I'm doing!
Good to know
- "Fiarse de alguien" is to trust them: no me fío de él. "Confiar en" means the same.
- In a bar, "fiar" is to let you pay later; the sign "hoy no se fía, mañana sí" is a classic joke.
Where you hear fiarse
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Advanced Level 2
- Yo no me fío de los aeropuertos. I don't trust airports.
- Al principio no me fiaba de la mexicana. At first I didn't trust the Mexican.
- Encarna nunca se va a fiar de mis promesas. Encarna is never going to trust my promises.
Spanish · Fluency Level 2
- Yo de los fontaneros no me fío. I don't trust plumbers.
- El padre de Nerea se fió de mí desde el primer bar. Nerea's father trusted me from the first bar.
- Si le dices la verdad, mi padre se va a fiar de ti. If you tell him the truth, my father is going to trust you.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ar verb.