él desconfía

distrusts, is wary of

→ desconfiar
des undo, remove, or reverse + confí to trust, to rely on + a tú command / 3rd-person present tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #53,958
distrusts, is wary of
SP: Mi perro desconfía de los desconocidos.
EN: My dog is wary of strangers.
Conjugation of desconfiar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
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Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third desconfía —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second desconfía —

Hasta el chucho en la calle desconfía de quien lo echó.

Even the stray dog on the street distrusts the person who threw it out.

— Devdas (2002)

Desconfía de usted.

He distrusts you.

Ahora él sabe que la criada lo sabe, y por eso desconfía.

Now he knows that the maid knows, and that's why he's suspicious.

— Divorzio all'italiana (1961)

Tomás desconfía de los extraños.

Tomás distrusts strangers.