fiador
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.ədɔɹ/
Noun
fiador (plural fiadors)
- (South America) A collar worn by a horse, immediately behind the head, to which a handle, strap, or rope may be attached.
- (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
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]
- (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]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fjɐˈdo.ɾi/ [fjɐˈðo.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: fi‧a‧dor
Spanish
Noun
fiador m (plural fiadores, feminine fiadora, feminine plural fiadoras)
- fastener, retainer, toggle, catch
- bondsman, surety, guarantor, bailor, backer
- safety strap (for securing a sword)
- neck collar (on a horse)
- fastening cord (of a cape or cloak), chinstrap
- catch, latch
- lock tumbler
- safety catch, rifle sear
- gutter hook (for fastening a gutter to a building)
- (colloquial) boy’s buttock
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiador.
Further reading
- “fiador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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