Breakdown of Francamente, el agente no se fía de nadie.
no
no, not
nadie
no one
francamente
frankly
el agente
the agent
fiarse de
to trust (to rely on)
Questions & Answers about Francamente, el agente no se fía de nadie.
Why is the verb used here fiarse instead of just fiar?
This is an example of a lexical shift. The base verb fiar usually means to sell on credit or to vouch for someone. When you add the reflexive pronoun to make it the pronominal verb fiarse, the meaning changes entirely to "to trust."
Why is there a de after se fía?
The pronominal verb fiarse always pairs with the preposition de to introduce the person or thing being trusted. You can translate the whole chunk fiarse de as "to trust" or "to rely on."
Why does the sentence use both no and nadie? Isn't that a double negative?
Why is there an accent mark on fía?
The accent mark breaks the diphthong between the weak vowel "i" and the strong vowel "a". This shows that the stress falls heavily on the "i", splitting the word into two distinct syllables: fí-a.
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