fiar

Irish

Noun

fiar m.

1. slant

Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fiar fiara Vocative a fhiair a fhiara Genitive fiair fiar Dative fiar fiara

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fiar na fiara Genitive an fhiair na bhfiar Dative leis an bhfiar don fhiar leis na fiara

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin filum.

Verb

fiar (present participle fiando)

1. to spin

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb fiar

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fiar
Personal	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiarem
Present participle
	fiando
Past participle
Masculine	fiado			fiados
Feminine	fiada			fiadas
Indicative
Present	fio	fias	fia	fiamos	fiais	fiam
Imperfect	fiava	fiavas	fiava	fiávamos	fiáveis	fiavam
Preterite	fiei	fiaste	fiou	fiamos fiámos	fiastes	fiaram
Pluperfect	fiara	fiaras	fiara	fiáramos	fiáreis	fiaram
Future	fiarei	fiarás	fiará	fiaremos	fiareis	fiarão
Conditional	fiaria	fiarias	fiaria	fiaríamos	fiaríeis	fiariam
Subjunctive
Present	fie	fies	fie	fiemos	fieis	fiem
Imperfect	fiasse	fiasses	fiasse	fiássemos	fiásseis	fiassem
Future	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiarem
Imperative
Affirmative	fie	fia	fie	fiemos	fiai	fiem
Negative (não)	fie	fies	fie	fiemos	fieis	fiem

Etymology 2

From Latin *fidare, from fidere, present active infinitive of fidō.

Verb

fiar (present participle fiando)

1. to trust

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb fiar

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fiar
Personal	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiarem
Present participle
	fiando
Past participle
Masculine	fiado			fiados
Feminine	fiada			fiadas
Indicative
Present	fio	fias	fia	fiamos	fiais	fiam
Imperfect	fiava	fiavas	fiava	fiávamos	fiáveis	fiavam
Preterite	fiei	fiaste	fiou	fiamos fiámos	fiastes	fiaram
Pluperfect	fiara	fiaras	fiara	fiáramos	fiáreis	fiaram
Future	fiarei	fiarás	fiará	fiaremos	fiareis	fiarão
Conditional	fiaria	fiarias	fiaria	fiaríamos	fiaríeis	fiariam
Subjunctive
Present	fie	fies	fie	fiemos	fieis	fiem
Imperfect	fiasse	fiasses	fiasse	fiássemos	fiásseis	fiassem
Future	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiarem
Imperative
Affirmative	fie	fia	fie	fiemos	fiai	fiem
Negative (não)	fie	fies	fie	fiemos	fieis	fiem

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fiaraich (verb)

Verb

fiar (present participle form fiaradh)

1. to squint

Adjective

fiar

1. bent, crooked
2. slanting, oblique
3. squinting (of an eye)
4. cunning, sly

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin root *fidare, from fīdere, present active infinitive of fīdō.

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fío, first-person singular preterite fie, past participle fiado)

1. to guarantee.
2. to sell on credit.
3. to entrust.
4. to confide.
5. to trust.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: stressed í in certain conjugations; monosyllabic infinitives receive no written accent in certain conjugations.

infinitive			fiar
gerund			fiando
past participle			fiado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fío	fías	fía	fiamos	fiais	fían
	imperfect	fiaba	fiabas	fiaba	fiábamos	fiabais	fiaban
	preterite	fie	fiaste	fio	fiamos	fiasteis	fiaron
	future	fiaré	fiarás	fiará	fiaremos	fiaréis	fiarán
	conditional	fiaría	fiarías	fiaría	fiaríamos	fiaríais	fiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fíe	fíes	fíe	fiemos	fieis	fíen
	imperfect (ra)	fiara	fiaras	fiara	fiáramos	fiarais	fiaran
	imperfect (se)	fiase	fiases	fiase	fiásemos	fiaseis	fiasen
	future	fiare	fiares	fiare	fiáremos	fiareis	fiaren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		fía	fíe	fiemos	fiad	fíen
	negative		no fíes	no fíe	no fiemos	no fieis	no fíen

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation i-í)

Related terms

• confiar
• fe
• fiel