tomar la palabra

Spanish

Verb

tomar la palabra (first-person singular present tomo la palabra, first-person singular preterite tomé la palabra, past participle tomado la palabra)

1. (idiomatic) to take someone's word for it; to believe what somebody says

   Te tomo la palabra ― I'll take your word for it.

Further reading

• “tomar la palabra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28