fiar
Spanish, verb/ˈfjaɾ/
fiar is spelled F-I-A-R (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to guarantee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asegurar el cumplimiento de una promesa, responsabilidad o deuda”.
What does fiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to guarantee
- 2
to sell on credit; to give credit; to put on the slate
- 3
to entrust
- 4
to confide
- 5
(+ de) to trust
Ya no me fío de él.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Asegurar el cumplimiento de una promesa, responsabilidad o deuda. 2. Vender un producto sin recibir el pago en el momento, posponiéndose al estar comprometida su ejecución. 3. Encargar la custodia de un bien o un comunicado a una persona. 4. Dar firmeza o estabilidad a algo con columnas, clavos, etc.
verb: 1. Tener confianza en alguien. 2. Tener esperanza firme en algo positivo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fiar
- fío first-person present singular
- fie first-person preterite singular
- fiado participle past
- i-í alternation
- fiando gerund
- fiada feminine participle past
- fiados masculine participle past
- fiadas feminine participle past
- fías indicative informal present
- fias indicative informal present
- fía indicative present singular
- fiamos first-person indicative plural
- fiais indicative plural present
- fían indicative plural present
- fiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fiabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fiar?
- /ˈfjaɾ/
- [ˈfjaɾ]
- /fiˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fiar in Spanish?
fiar appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).