fiar

See also: fi ar

English

Etymology

See feuar.

Noun

fiar (plural fiars)

1. (Scots law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter.
   • 1816, Walter Scott, “The Black Dwarf”, in A Complete Edition of the Waverley Novels, volume 13, published 1831, page 108:

     I say, since ye hae sae muckle consideration for me, I'se be blithe to accept your kindness; and my mother and me (she's a life-renter, and I am fiar, o' the lands o' Wideopen) would grant you a wadset, or an heritable bond, for the siller, and to pay the annual-rent half-yearly; and Saunders Wyliecoat to draw the bond, and you to be at nae charge wi' the writings.

2. The price of grain in the counties of Scotland, as legally fixed on an annual basis.
   • 1817, Committee members, Report respecting the Striking of the Fiars of Grain for the Crop of 1816 for the County of Lanark: The Farmers Magazine, volume 18, page 310:

     It seems to be a practice as improper as it is unnecessary, to strike the fiars in three different qualities of the same species of grain; and it should, in our humble opinion, be discontinued.

   • 1842, Fife Fiars, from 1619 to 1841 Inclusive, page vi:

     It was answered by the Sheriff. 1st, That the Act of Sederunt did not impose any positive injunction on Sheriffs to strike Fiars; that if the Fiars were substantially just, the Court could have no power to reduce them; and that the Act of Sederunt had never been observed in East Lothian; […] .

   • 1852, George Paterson, Historical Account of the Fiars in Scotland, page 7:

     In further confirmation that this is not the date of the origin, it may be stated, that there is very early mention of Commissaries' Fiars, Sir John Connell tracing the commencement of these so far back as the Reformation, when Commissary or Consistorial Courts were established, in place of those of the bishops or their officials; and notice is taken of the Fiars prices of grain in the records of the Commissary Court so far back as 1564—somewhat earlier than the statute above quoted.

Derived terms

• fiars prices

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fiar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• RIFA, fair, rifa-

Bavarian

Etymology 1

From Old High German furi. Cognate with German für.

Preposition

fiar

1. Form of fia used before a vowel.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• via

Numeral

fiar

1. four

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere (“to trust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fiˈaɾ]

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fio, first-person singular preterite fií, past participle fiat)

1. (transitive) to sell on credit
2. (reflexive) to trust [+ de (object)]

   Synonym: confiar

   Antonym: malfiar-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			fiar
gerund			fiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fiat		fiada
		plural		fiats		fiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fio	fies	fia	fiem	fieu	fien
	imperfect	fiava	fiaves	fiava	fiàvem	fiàveu	fiaven
	future	fiaré	fiaràs	fiarà	fiarem	fiareu	fiaran
	preterite	fií	fiares	fià	fiàrem	fiàreu	fiaren
	conditional	fiaria	fiaries	fiaria	fiaríem	fiaríeu	fiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fiï	fiïs	fiï	fiem	fieu	fiïn
	imperfect	fiés	fiessis	fiés	fiéssim	fiéssiu	fiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fia	fiï	fiem	fieu	fiïn
	negative (no)	—	no fiïs	no fiï	no fiem	no fieu	no fiïn

Derived terms

• fiable
• fiança
• malfiar

 

Further reading

• “fiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin ferrum. Compare Italian ferro, Romanian and Romansch fier, Friulian fiêr, French fer, Sardinian ferru, Spanish hierro.

Noun

fiar m

1. iron

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiar (“to trust”), from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere (“to trust”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish fiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈaɾ/

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fío, first-person singular preterite fiei, past participle fiado)
fiar (first-person singular present fio, first-person singular preterite fiei, past participle fiado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to guarantee
2. to sell on credit, give credit
3. to entrust
4. to confide

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fiar (i becomes í when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fiar
Personal	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiaren
Gerund
	fiando
Past participle
Masculine	fiado			fiados
Feminine	fiada			fiadas
Indicative
Present	fío	fías	fía	fiamos	fiades	fían
Imperfect	fiaba	fiabas	fiaba	fiabamos	fiabades	fiaban
Preterite	fiei	fiaches	fiou	fiamos	fiastes	fiaron
Pluperfect	fiara	fiaras	fiara	fiaramos	fiarades	fiaran
Future	fiarei	fiarás	fiará	fiaremos	fiaredes	fiarán
Conditional	fiaría	fiarías	fiaría	fiariamos	fiariades	fiarían
Subjunctive
Present	fíe	fíes	fíe	fiemos	fiedes	fíen
Imperfect	fiase	fiases	fiase	fiásemos	fiásedes	fiasen
Future	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiaren
Imperative
Affirmative		fía	fíe	fiemos	fiade	fíen
Negative (non)		non fíes	non fíe	non fiemos	non fiedes	non fíen

    Reintegrated conjugation of fiar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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
Gerund
	fiando
Past participle
Masculine	fiado			fiados
Feminine	fiada			fiadas
Indicative
Present	fio	fias	fia	fiamos	fiades, fiais	fiam
Imperfect	fiava	fiavas	fiava	fiávamos	fiávades, fiáveis, fiávais1	fiavam
Preterite	fiei	fiaste, fiache1	fiou	fiamos	fiastes	fiárom, fiaram
Pluperfect	fiara	fiaras	fiara	fiáramos	fiárades, fiáreis, fiárais1	fiaram
Future	fiarei	fiarás	fiará	fiaremos	fiaredes, fiareis	fiarám, fiarão
Conditional	fiaria	fiarias	fiaria	fiaríamos	fiaríades, fiaríeis, fiaríais1	fiariam
Subjunctive
Present	fie	fies	fie	fiemos	fiedes, fieis	fiem
Imperfect	fiasse	fiasses	fiasse	fiássemos	fiássedes, fiásseis	fiassem
Future	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fia	fie	fiemos	fiade, fiai	fiem
Negative (nom)		nom fies	nom fie	nom fiemos	nom fiedes, nom fieis	nom fiem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• confiar
• fe
• fiel
• fiúza

 

Etymology 2

Fiando

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiar (“to spin thread”), from Late Latin fīlāre, from fīlum (“thread”). Compare Portuguese fiar, Spanish hilar, Italian filare, French filer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈaɾ/

Verb

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

1. to spin (make yarn)
   • 1911, Francisco Portela Pérez, O pé da lareira:

     Fiaba a seña Marica unha boa mazaroca de liño: mollaba nos lábeos os dous pormeiros dedos da man esquerda e tirando cara abaixo faguía un fío daquel manoxo de estrigas, mentras que ca dereita enredábaio no fuso, que bailaba de demoro.

     lady Mary was spinning a large spindleful of flax: she moistened the fist two finger of her left hand on her lips and, pulling down, she was making a thread of that handful of stricks, while with her right hand she was winding it in the spindle, which danced slowly

2. to string together, put together (words or ideas)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fiar (i becomes í when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fiar
Personal	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiaren
Gerund
	fiando
Past participle
Masculine	fiado			fiados
Feminine	fiada			fiadas
Indicative
Present	fío	fías	fía	fiamos	fiades	fían
Imperfect	fiaba	fiabas	fiaba	fiabamos	fiabades	fiaban
Preterite	fiei	fiaches	fiou	fiamos	fiastes	fiaron
Pluperfect	fiara	fiaras	fiara	fiaramos	fiarades	fiaran
Future	fiarei	fiarás	fiará	fiaremos	fiaredes	fiarán
Conditional	fiaría	fiarías	fiaría	fiariamos	fiariades	fiarían
Subjunctive
Present	fíe	fíes	fíe	fiemos	fiedes	fíen
Imperfect	fiase	fiases	fiase	fiásemos	fiásedes	fiasen
Future	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiaren
Imperative
Affirmative		fía	fíe	fiemos	fiade	fíen
Negative (non)		non fíes	non fíe	non fiemos	non fiedes	non fíen

Related terms

• fiado
• fiandeira
• fío

 

References

• “fiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “fiar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fiar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíar, from Proto-Celtic *wēros (compare Welsh gŵyr), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro-s (“turned, twisted”) (compare English wire), from *weh₁y- (“turn, twist”) (compare Old Church Slavonic вити (viti), Latin vieō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲiəɾˠ/

Noun

fiar m (genitive singular fiair, nominative plural fiara)

1. slant, tilt, bias, obliquity
2. bend, twist; crookedness, perverseness

Declension

Declension of fiar

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

Adjective

fiar (genitive singular masculine féir, genitive singular feminine féire, plural fiara, comparative féire)

1. slanting, tilted, oblique, diagonal, crosswise
2. bent, warped, crooked, perverse

Declension

Declension of fiar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fiar	fhiar	fiara; fhiara²
Vocative	fhéir		fiara
Genitive		féire	fiara	fiar
Dative	fiar; fhiar¹	fhiar; fhéir (archaic)	fiara; fhiara²
Comparative	níos féire
Superlative	is féire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• fiarshúil

Verb

fiar (present analytic fiarann, future analytic fiarfaidh, verbal noun fiaradh, past participle fiartha)

1. slant, tilt, veer, turn
2. bend, twist, distort

Conjugation

conjugation of fiar (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	fiaraim	fiarann tú; fiarair†	fiarann sé, sí	fiaraimid	fiarann sibh	fiarann siad; fiaraid†	a fhiarann; a fhiaras / a bhfiarann*; a bhfiaras*	fiartar
	past	d'fhiar mé; d'fhiaras / fhiar mé‡; fhiaras‡	d'fhiar tú; d'fhiarais / fhiar tú; fhiarais‡	d'fhiar sé, sí / fhiar sé, sí‡	d'fhiaramar; d'fhiar muid / fhiaramar; fhiar muid‡	d'fhiar sibh; d'fhiarabhair / fhiar sibh; fhiarabhair‡	d'fhiar siad; d'fhiaradar / fhiar siad; fhiaradar‡	a d'fhiar / ar fhiar*	fiaradh
	past habitual	d'fhiarainn / fhiarainn‡; bhfiarainn‡‡	d'fhiartá / fhiartá‡; bhfiartᇇ	d'fhiaradh sé, sí / fhiaradh sé, sí‡; bhfiaradh sé, s퇇	d'fhiaraimis; d'fhiaradh muid / fhiaraimis; fhiaradh muid‡; bhfiaraimis‡‡; bhfiaradh muid‡‡	d'fhiaradh sibh / fhiaradh sibh‡; bhfiaradh sibh‡‡	d'fhiaraidís; d'fhiaradh siad / fhiaraidís; fhiaradh siad‡; bhfiaraidís‡‡; bhfiaradh siad‡‡	a d'fhiaradh / a bhfiaradh*	d'fhiartaí / fhiartaí‡; bhfiarta퇇
future		fiarfaidh mé; fiarfad	fiarfaidh tú; fiarfair†	fiarfaidh sé, sí	fiarfaimid; fiarfaidh muid	fiarfaidh sibh	fiarfaidh siad; fiarfaid†	a fhiarfaidh; a fhiarfas / a bhfiarfaidh*; a bhfiarfas*	fiarfar
conditional		d'fhiarfainn / fhiarfainn‡; bhfiarfainn‡‡	d'fhiarfá / fhiarfá‡; bhfiarfᇇ	d'fhiarfadh sé, sí / fhiarfadh sé, sí‡; bhfiarfadh sé, s퇇	d'fhiarfaimis; d'fhiarfadh muid / fhiarfaimis‡; fhiarfadh muid‡; bhfiarfaimis‡‡; bhfiarfadh muid‡‡	d'fhiarfadh sibh / fhiarfadh sibh‡; bhfiarfadh sibh‡‡	d'fhiarfaidís; d'fhiarfadh siad / fhiarfaidís‡; fhiarfadh siad‡; bhfiarfaidís‡‡; bhfiarfadh siad‡‡	a d'fhiarfadh / a bhfiarfadh*	d'fhiarfaí / fhiarfaí‡; bhfiarfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go bhfiara mé; go bhfiarad†	go bhfiara tú; go bhfiarair†	go bhfiara sé, sí	go bhfiaraimid; go bhfiara muid	go bhfiara sibh	go bhfiara siad; go bhfiaraid†	—	go bhfiartar
	past	dá bhfiarainn	dá bhfiartá	dá bhfiaradh sé, sí	dá bhfiaraimis; dá bhfiaradh muid	dá bhfiaradh sibh	dá bhfiaraidís; dá bhfiaradh siad	—	dá bhfiartaí
imperative		fiaraim	fiar	fiaradh sé, sí	fiaraimis	fiaraigí; fiaraidh†	fiaraidís	—	fiartar
verbal noun		fiaradh
past participle		fiartha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiar	fhiar	bhfiar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fiar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fiar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fiar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin ferus (compare French fier).

Adjective

fiar m

1. (Guernsey) pleased

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere.

Verb

fiar

1. to trust

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fiar

infinitive		simple		fiar
		compound		infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
gerund		simple		fiando
		compound		gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		fiado		fiada
		feminine		fiados		fiadas
present participle				fiante		fiantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	fio	fias	fia	fiamos	fiades	fiam3, fian4
	imperfect	fiava	fiavas	fiava	fiavamos	fiavades	fiavam3, fiavan4
	preterite	fiei	fiaste3, fiasche4	fiou	fiamos	fiastes	fiarom3, fiaron4
	pluperfect	fiara	fiaras	fiara	fiaramos	fiarades	fiaram3, fiaran4
	future	fiarei	fiarás	fiará	fiaremos	fiaredes	fiarám3, fiarán4
	conditional	fiaría	fiarías	fiaría	fiariamos	fiariades	fiaríam3, fiarían4
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	fie	fies	fie	fiemos	fiedes	fiem3, fien4
	preterite	fiasse	fiasses	fiasse	fiassemos	fiassedes	fiassem3, fiassen4
	future	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiarem3, fiaren4
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	—
affirmative		—	fia	fie	fiemos	fiade	—
negative		—	non fies	non fie	non fiemos	non fiedes	—
personal infinitive		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
		fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiarem3, fiaren4
1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". 3 Less common in Galicia 4 Less common in Portugal

Related terms

• fiador

Descendants

• Galician: fiar
• Portuguese: fiar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "fiar₁"

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin fīlāre.

Verb

fiar

1. to spin (thread)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fiar

infinitive		simple		fiar
		compound		infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
gerund		simple		fiando
		compound		gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		fiado		fiada
		feminine		fiados		fiadas
present participle				fiante		fiantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	fio	fias	fia	fiamos	fiades	fiam3, fian4
	imperfect	fiava	fiavas	fiava	fiavamos	fiavades	fiavam3, fiavan4
	preterite	fiei	fiaste3, fiasche4	fiou	fiamos	fiastes	fiarom3, fiaron4
	pluperfect	fiara	fiaras	fiara	fiaramos	fiarades	fiaram3, fiaran4
	future	fiarei	fiarás	fiará	fiaremos	fiaredes	fiarám3, fiarán4
	conditional	fiaría	fiarías	fiaría	fiariamos	fiariades	fiaríam3, fiarían4
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	fie	fies	fie	fiemos	fiedes	fiem3, fien4
	preterite	fiasse	fiasses	fiasse	fiassemos	fiassedes	fiassem3, fiassen4
	future	fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiarem3, fiaren4
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	—
affirmative		—	fia	fie	fiemos	fiade	—
negative		—	non fies	non fie	non fiemos	non fiedes	—
personal infinitive		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
		fiar	fiares	fiar	fiarmos	fiardes	fiarem3, fiaren4
1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". 3 Less common in Galicia 4 Less common in Portugal

Related terms

• fio

Descendants

• Galician: fiar
• Portuguese: fiar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "fiar₂"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈa(ʁ)/ [fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfja(ʁ)/ [ˈfja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈa(ʁ)/ [fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfja(ʁ)/ [ˈfja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fiˈa(ɾ)/ [fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fiˈa(ʁ)/ [fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfja(ʁ)/ [ˈfja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈa(ɻ)/ [fɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fi‧ar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fiar (“to trust”), from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere. Compare Galician and Spanish fiar.

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fio, first-person singular preterite fiei, past participle fiado)

1. (Portugal) to trust

   Synonyms: confiar, acreditar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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
Gerund
	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	fiamos1, fiámos2	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		fia	fie	fiemos	fiai	fiem
Negative (não)		não fies	não fie	não fiemos	não fieis	não fiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fiar (“to spin thread”), from Late Latin fīlāre, from Latin fīlum. Compare Galician fiar, Spanish hilar, Italian filare, French filer.

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fio, first-person singular preterite fiei, past participle fiado)

1. to spin (thread)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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
Gerund
	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	fiamos1, fiámos2	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		fia	fie	fiemos	fiai	fiem
Negative (não)		não fies	não fie	não fiemos	não fieis	não fiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• desfiar

Related terms

• fio

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fiaraich (verb)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíar, from Proto-Celtic *wēros (compare Welsh gŵyr), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro-s (“turned, twisted”) (compare English wire), from *weh₁-y (“turn, twist”) (compare Old Church Slavonic вити (viti), Latin vieō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiəɾ/

Adjective

fiar (comparative fiara)

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

Verb

fiar (past dh'fhiar, future fiaraidh, verbal noun fiaradh, past participle fiarte)

1. bend (become bended)
2. bend, slant, twist

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fiar	fhiar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “fiar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fíar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fiar, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere with a change in conjugation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjaɾ/ [ˈfjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fiar

Verb

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

1. to guarantee
2. to sell on credit, give credit, put on the slate
3. to entrust
4. to confide
5. (reflexive) (+ de) to trust

   Synonym: confiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fiar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fiar
gerund			fiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fiado		fiada
		plural		fiados		fiadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fío	fíastú fiasvos	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 vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fíe	fíestú fiesvos2	fíe	fiemos	fieis	fíen
	imperfect (ra)	fiara	fiaras	fiara	fiáramos	fiarais	fiaran
	imperfect (se)	fiase	fiases	fiase	fiásemos	fiaseis	fiasen
	future1	fiare	fiares	fiare	fiáremos	fiareis	fiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fíatú fiavos	fíe	fiemos	fiad	fíen
	negative		no fíes	no fíe	no fiemos	no fieis	no fíen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fiar (i-í alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fiar
	dative	fiarme	fiarte	fiarle, fiarse	fiarnos	fiaros	fiarles, fiarse
	accusative	fiarme	fiarte	fiarlo, fiarla, fiarse	fiarnos	fiaros	fiarlos, fiarlas, fiarse
with gerund fiando
	dative	fiándome	fiándote	fiándole, fiándose	fiándonos	fiándoos	fiándoles, fiándose
	accusative	fiándome	fiándote	fiándolo, fiándola, fiándose	fiándonos	fiándoos	fiándolos, fiándolas, fiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fía
	dative	fíame	fíate	fíale	fíanos	not used	fíales
	accusative	fíame	fíate	fíalo, fíala	fíanos	not used	fíalos, fíalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fia
	dative	fiame	fiate	fiale	fianos	not used	fiales
	accusative	fiame	fiate	fialo, fiala	fianos	not used	fialos, fialas
with formal second-person singular imperative fíe
	dative	fíeme	not used	fíele, fíese	fíenos	not used	fíeles
	accusative	fíeme	not used	fíelo, fíela, fíese	fíenos	not used	fíelos, fíelas
with first-person plural imperative fiemos
	dative	not used	fiémoste	fiémosle	fiémonos	fiémoos	fiémosles
	accusative	not used	fiémoste	fiémoslo, fiémosla	fiémonos	fiémoos	fiémoslos, fiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fiad
	dative	fiadme	not used	fiadle	fiadnos	fiaos	fiadles
	accusative	fiadme	not used	fiadlo, fiadla	fiadnos	fiaos	fiadlos, fiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fíen
	dative	fíenme	not used	fíenle	fíennos	not used	fíenles, fíense
	accusative	fíenme	not used	fíenlo, fíenla	fíennos	not used	fíenlos, fíenlas, fíense

Derived terms

• de fiar

 

Related terms

• afianzar
• confianza
• confiar
• confidencial
• confidente
• desafiar
• desafío
• desconfiado
• fe
• fiado
• fianza
• fiel

 

Further reading

• “fiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014