fiador

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ədɔɹ/

Noun

fiador (plural fiadors)

1. (South America) A collar worn by a horse, immediately behind the head, to which a handle, strap, or rope may be attached.
2. (Canada, US) In some styles of horse halter and bridle, an optional part similar to a throatlatch.

Usage notes

• In the western United States, fiador sometimes is rendered as Theodore, this rhyme reportedly in honor of Theodore Roosevelt.

References

• Segovia (1911) page 414
• Ashley Book of Knots (1944) p. 201

Anagrams

• Fiodar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.aˈdoɾ/

Noun

fiador m (plural fiadors)

1. guarantor

Descendants

• Galician: fiador
• Portuguese: fiador

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "fiador"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fiador. Compare Galician and Spanish fiador. By surface analysis, fiar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.aˈdoʁ/ [fɪ.aˈdoh], (faster pronunciation) /fjaˈdoʁ/ [fjaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.aˈdoʁ/ [fɪ.aˈdoh], (faster pronunciation) /fjaˈdoʁ/ [fjaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fi.aˈdoɾ/ [fɪ.aˈdoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /fjaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fi.aˈdoʁ/ [fɪ.aˈdoχ], (faster pronunciation) /fjaˈdoʁ/ [fjaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.aˈdoɻ/ [fɪ.aˈdoɻ], (faster pronunciation) /fjaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fjɐˈdoɾ/ [fjɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fjɐˈdoɾ/ [fjɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fjɐˈdo.ɾi/ [fjɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: fi‧a‧dor

Noun

fiador m (plural fiadores)

1. guarantor
2. surety
3. sponsor
4. guarantee

Spanish

Noun

fiador m (plural fiadores, feminine fiadora, feminine plural fiadoras)

1. fastener, retainer, toggle, catch
2. bondsman, surety, guarantor, bailor, backer
3. safety strap (for securing a sword)
4. neck collar (on a horse)
5. fastening cord (of a cape or cloak), chinstrap
6. catch, latch
7. lock tumbler
8. safety catch, rifle sear
9. gutter hook (for fastening a gutter to a building)
10. (colloquial) boy’s buttock

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiador.

Related terms

• fiable
• fiado
• fiadora
• fiar

 

Further reading

• “fiador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16