fiador

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish fiador. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfi.ədɔɹ/ Hyphenation: fi‧a‧dor === 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 === Fiodar == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fi.aˈdoɾ/ === Noun === fiador m (plural fiadors) 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 === Hyphenation: fi‧a‧dor === Noun === fiador m (plural fiadores) guarantor surety sponsor guarantee === Further reading === “fiador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fiador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From fiar +‎ -dor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fjaˈdoɾ/ [fjaˈð̞oɾ], /fiaˈdoɾ/ [fi.aˈð̞oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: fia‧dor === 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. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fiador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025