Polyglot Dictionary

fiança

/fiˈɐ̃sɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as fianças

Meaning

  1. bail

    Specifically criminal bail — compare caução, which can also mean a rental or service security deposit.

    • Pagou a fiança.

      He paid bail.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

caução

caução and fiança are close synonyms for "bail," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

caución

caución is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bail."

Practice

1 What does fiança mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pagou a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fiança?

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