Fía in english
pronunciation: fə part of speech: none
fiar = put + Nombre + on the slate.
Example: Those were the days -- you could buy stuff and put it on the slate and pay at the end of the week.more:
» de fiar = legit [Abreviatura de legitimate] ; trustworthy .
Example: What is ironic about the intellectual property law is that it often penalizes the legit consumers more than the pirates it intends to foil. Example: When developing a system one must use available and trustworthy equipment and standards must be defined and maintained.» fiarse de = take + Nombre + on trust ; accept + Nombre + on trust .
Example: We take it on trust that the drugs our doctors prescribe are safe and effective -- but this special investigation exposes huge failings in the system. Example: A difficulty with their analysis is that one has been obliged to accept it on trust; very little empirical evidence is provided.» fiarse de la palabra de Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it .
Example: We're also expected to take their word for it, because they're professionals, despite no real evidence.» fiarse de lo que Alguien dice = take + Nombre + at/for + Posesivo + word .
Example: Let's try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and define marriage as the Bible does.» fiarse demasiado = be lulled into a false sense of security .
Example: Our starting point is that in order to do justice to the importance of the issue of their own material welfare and that of the women they work with, women social workers must not be lulled into a false sense of security about 'progress' in this respect.» fiarse de + Posesivo + instintos = trust + Posesivo + (own) instincts .
Example: Perhaps Giovanni should have trusted his instincts when he laid eyes on Rappaccini as the scientist tended to his perverse garden.» no fiarse de = mistrust ; distrust [Pincha en para ver otras palabras que comienzan con este prefijo] .
Example: How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement. Example: The oil and advertising industries are the most distrusted by consumers in the United States.» no fiarse ni un pelo = would not touch/trust + Nombre + with a barge pole [El uso de trust por touch es mucho menos común] .
Example: The Education Secretary says there are some secondary schools in England she 'would not touch with a barge pole'.» que no es de fiar = untrustworthy .
Example: The director of our public library hired as a page the daughter of a friend, who turned out to be unreliable and untrustworthy, and as a consequence had to handle a disgruntled head of circulation.» ser de fiar = be on the level ; be on the up and up ; be above board .
Example: Personally, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he's on the level. Example: Most people are on the up and up, but where tourists flock -- train stations, city parks, and world-famous landmarks -- scammers congregate. Example: What I really liked about him is that he was above board and honest in everything he said and did.