confiar
to trustPresentewhat is going on now
Presente
Present — what is happening now, and what happens habitually
| yo | confíoI trust | nosotros | confiamoswe trust |
| tú | confíasyou trust | vosotros | confiáisyou all trust |
| él/ella/Ud. | confíahe/she trusts | ellos/Uds. | confíanthey trust |
Pretérito perfecto
Present perfect — have —ed; a past still touching now. Spain: today, this week. Latin America: mostly the indefinido instead
| yo | he confiadoI have trusted | nosotros | hemos confiadowe have trusted |
| tú | has confiadoyou have trusted | vosotros | habéis confiadoyou all have trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha confiadohe/she has trusted | ellos/Uds. | han confiadothey have trusted |
Presente de subjuntivo
Present subjunctive — after que with wishes, doubt, emotion, ojalá
| yo | confíe(that) I trust | nosotros | confiemos(that) we trust |
| tú | confíes(that) you trust | vosotros | confiéis(that) you all trust |
| él/ella/Ud. | confíe(that) he/she trusts | ellos/Uds. | confíen(that) they trust |
Perfecto de subjuntivo
Present perfect subjunctive — have —ed, under doubt or emotion: no creo que haya venido
| yo | haya confiado(that) I have trusted | nosotros | hayamos confiado(that) we have trusted |
| tú | hayas confiado(that) you have trusted | vosotros | hayáis confiado(that) you all have trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | haya confiado(that) he/she has trusted | ellos/Uds. | hayan confiado(that) they have trusted |
Pasadowhat went on
Pretérito indefinido
Preterite — a finished past action — it started, it ended
| yo | confiéI trusted | nosotros | confiamoswe trusted |
| tú | confiasteyou trusted | vosotros | confiasteisyou all trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | confióhe/she trusted | ellos/Uds. | confiaronthey trusted |
Pretérito imperfecto
Imperfect — used to / was —ing; background, habits, descriptions
| yo | confiabaI used to trust | nosotros | confiábamoswe used to trust |
| tú | confiabasyou used to trust | vosotros | confiabaisyou all used to trust |
| él/ella/Ud. | confiabahe/she used to trust | ellos/Uds. | confiabanthey used to trust |
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto
Past perfect — had —ed; further back than another past event
| yo | había confiadoI had trusted | nosotros | habíamos confiadowe had trusted |
| tú | habías confiadoyou had trusted | vosotros | habíais confiadoyou all had trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | había confiadohe/she had trusted | ellos/Uds. | habían confiadothey had trusted |
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra)
Imperfect subjunctive — si clauses and past-tense wishes: si tuviera, quería que fuera
| yo | confiara(that) I trusted | nosotros | confiáramos(that) we trusted |
| tú | confiaras(that) you trusted | vosotros | confiarais(that) you all trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | confiara(that) he/she trusted | ellos/Uds. | confiaran(that) they trusted |
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se)
Imperfect subjunctive — the same tense, second form; commoner in Spain and in writing
| yo | confiase(that) I trusted | nosotros | confiásemos(that) we trusted |
| tú | confiases(that) you trusted | vosotros | confiaseis(that) you all trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | confiase(that) he/she trusted | ellos/Uds. | confiasen(that) they trusted |
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo
Past perfect subjunctive — had —ed, hypothetically: si hubiera sabido
| yo | hubiera confiado(that) I had trusted | nosotros | hubiéramos confiado(that) we had trusted |
| tú | hubieras confiado(that) you had trusted | vosotros | hubierais confiado(that) you all had trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | hubiera confiado(that) he/she had trusted | ellos/Uds. | hubieran confiado(that) they had trusted |
Pretérito anterior
Preterite perfect — had —ed, immediately before; literary, all but extinct
| yo | hube confiadoI had trusted | nosotros | hubimos confiadowe had trusted |
| tú | hubiste confiadoyou had trusted | vosotros | hubisteis confiadoyou all had trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | hubo confiadohe/she had trusted | ellos/Uds. | hubieron confiadothey had trusted |
Futurowhat will or would go on
Futuro simple
Future — will — (spoken Spanish often prefers voy a + infinitivo)
| yo | confiaréI will trust | nosotros | confiaremoswe will trust |
| tú | confiarásyou will trust | vosotros | confiaréisyou all will trust |
| él/ella/Ud. | confiaráhe/she will trust | ellos/Uds. | confiaránthey will trust |
Condicional simple
Conditional — would —; also softens a request into politeness
| yo | confiaríaI would trust | nosotros | confiaríamoswe would trust |
| tú | confiaríasyou would trust | vosotros | confiaríaisyou all would trust |
| él/ella/Ud. | confiaríahe/she would trust | ellos/Uds. | confiaríanthey would trust |
Futuro perfecto
Future perfect — will have —ed; done by some future point
| yo | habré confiadoI will have trusted | nosotros | habremos confiadowe will have trusted |
| tú | habrás confiadoyou will have trusted | vosotros | habréis confiadoyou all will have trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá confiadohe/she will have trusted | ellos/Uds. | habrán confiadothey will have trusted |
Condicional perfecto
Conditional perfect — would have —ed; the road not taken
| yo | habría confiadoI would have trusted | nosotros | habríamos confiadowe would have trusted |
| tú | habrías confiadoyou would have trusted | vosotros | habríais confiadoyou all would have trusted |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría confiadohe/she would have trusted | ellos/Uds. | habrían confiadothey would have trusted |
Futuro de subjuntivo
Future subjunctive — legal and proverbial only: adonde fueres, haz lo que vieres
| yo | confiare(should) I trust | nosotros | confiáremos(should) we trust |
| tú | confiares(should) you trust | vosotros | confiareis(should) you all trust |
| él/ella/Ud. | confiare(should) he/she trust | ellos/Uds. | confiaren(should) they trust |
Imperativotelling someone to
Imperativo afirmativo
Imperative (do it) — orders and requests; there is no yo form
| yo | — | nosotros | confiemoslet's trust |
| tú | confíatrust! | vosotros | confiadtrust! |
| él/ella/Ud. | confíetrust! | ellos/Uds. | confíentrust! |
Imperativo negativo
Imperative (don't) — no + subjunctive — never the affirmative form with no in front
| yo | — | nosotros | no confiemoslet's not trust |
| tú | no confíesdon't trust | vosotros | no confiéisdon't trust |
| él/ella/Ud. | no confíedon't trust | ellos/Uds. | no confíendon't trust |
Red = the form breaks the regular pattern. Everything in black you could have worked out from the endings alone.