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Fiar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to sell on credit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fiar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to sell on credit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fiar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fiando) and past continuous (estaba fiando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. sold on credit).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he sold on credit and hubiera sold on credit. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have selling on credit).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fiando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | sold on credit |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I sell on credit” or “they sell on credit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fío |
| Tú | fías |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fía |
| Nosotros / as | fiamos |
| Vosotros / as | fiáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fían |
| Vos | fiás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I sell on credit” or “she sell on credit” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fié | I sell on credit |
| Tú | fiaste | You sell on credit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fió | He / she / you sell on credit |
| Nosotros / as | fiamos | We sell on credit |
| Vosotros / as | fiasteis | You sell on credit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fiaron | They / you sell on credit |
| Vos | fiaste | You sell on credit |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was sold on credit” or “she was sold on credit” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fiaba | I was sold on credit |
| Tú | fiabas | You were sold on credit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fiaba | He was / she was / you were sold on credit |
| Nosotros / as | fiábamos | We were sold on credit |
| Vosotros / as | fiabais | You were sold on credit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fiaban | They / you were sold on credit |
| Vos | fiabas | You were sold on credit |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have selling on credit” and “she has selling on credit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he sold on credit | I have selling on credit |
| Tú | has sold on credit | You have selling on credit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha sold on credit | He has / she has / you have selling on credit |
| Nosotros / as | hemos sold on credit | We have selling on credit |
| Vosotros / as | habéis sold on credit | You have selling on credit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han sold on credit | They / you have selling on credit |
| Vos | has sold on credit | You have selling on credit |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would sell on credit” or “she would sell on credit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fiaría | I would sell on credit |
| Tú | fiarías | You would sell on credit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fiaría | He / she / you would sell on credit |
| Nosotros / as | fiaríamos | We would sell on credit |
| Vosotros / as | fiaríais | You would sell on credit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fiarían | They / you would sell on credit |
| Vos | fiarías | You would sell on credit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will sell on credit” or “they will sell on credit”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a fiar” means “They are going to sell on credit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fiaré | I will sell on credit |
| Tú | fiarás | You will sell on credit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fiará | He / she / you will sell on credit |
| Nosotros / as | fiaremos | We will sell on credit |
| Vosotros / as | fiaréis | You will sell on credit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fiarán | They / you will sell on credit |
| Vos | fiarás | You will sell on credit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fíe |
| Tú | fíes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fíe |
| Nosotros / as | fiemos |
| Vosotros / as | fiéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fíen |
| Vos | fíes |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fiara | fiase |
| Tú | fiaras | fiase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fiara | fiase |
| Nosotros / as | fiáramos | fiásemos |
| Vosotros / as | fiarais | fiaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fiaran | fiasen |
| Vos | fiaras | fiase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fiare |
| Tú | fiares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fiare |
| Nosotros / as | fiáremos |
| Vosotros / as | fiareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fiaren |
| Vos | fiares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “sell on credit!” and “don’t sell on credit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fía | no fíes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fíe | no fíe |
| Nosotros / as | fiemos | no fiemos |
| Vosotros / as | fiad | no fiéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fíen | no fíen |
| Vos | fiá | no fíes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya sold on credit |
| Tú | hayas sold on credit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya sold on credit |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos sold on credit |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis sold on credit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan sold on credit |
| Vos | hayas sold on credit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera sold on credit / hubiese sold on credit |
| Tú | hubieras sold on credit / hubieses sold on credit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera sold on credit / hubiese sold on credit |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos sold on credit / hubiésemos sold on credit |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais sold on credit / hubieseis sold on credit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran sold on credit / hubiesen sold on credit |
| Vos | hubieras sold on credit / hubieses sold on credit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere sold on credit |
| Tú | hubieres sold on credit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere sold on credit |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos sold on credit |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis sold on credit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren sold on credit |
| Vos | hubieres sold on credit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fiando |
| Tú | estés fiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fiando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fiando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fiando |
| Vos | estés fiando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fiando / estuviese fiando |
| Tú | estuvieras fiando / estuvieses fiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fiando / estuviese fiando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fiando / estuviésamos fiando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fiando / estuvieseis fiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fiando / estuviese fiando |
| Vos | estuvieras fiando / estuvieses fiando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fiando |
| Tú | estuvieres fiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fiando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fiando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fiando |
| Vos | estuvieres fiando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos fiás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fiaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fiabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fiarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fiarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fíes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fiaras / Vos fiase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fiá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fíes |