desconfiarverb
Desconfiar means to distrust or to mistrust in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as desconfía, desconfían and desconfiando.
- to distrust
- to mistrust
¿Por qué desconfías de tus compañeras?
Why don't you trust your classmates?
No tengo motivos para desconfiar de él.
I have no reason to distrust him.
Empezó a desconfiar de las promesas de su jefe.
He began to distrust his boss's promises.
Mientras los protestantes desconfían, la reacción entre los católicos ha sido positiva.
While Protestants are distrustful, the reaction among Catholics has been positive.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| desconfía | he, she, it | Present |
| desconfían | they | Present |
| desconfiando | Gerund | |
| desconfío | I | Present |
| desconfiaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| desconfiaban | they | Imperfect |
| desconfió | he, she, it | Preterite |
| desconfiamos | we | Present or preterite |
| desconfíen | they | Present subjunctive |
| desconfiaron | they | Preterite |
| desconfíe | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |