tomar la palabra
Spanish edit
Verb edit
tomar la palabra (first-person singular present tomo la palabra, first-person singular preterite tomé la palabra, past participle tomado la palabra)
- (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 edit
- “tomar la palabra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014