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fiar

to trust, to give credit

verb fyahr Rare

Also means

to sell on credit

Usage Note

Fiar has two main senses: fiarse de alguien means to trust someone (reflexive), while the non-reflexive fiar means to sell on credit or on trust — me lo fió ('he let me have it on credit'). No te fíes is a common colloquial warning: 'don't trust it/him'. The sign no se fía in a shop means 'no credit given here'.

Examples

"No me fío de esa empresa desconocida."

Natural Translation

I don't trust that unknown company.

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