Polyglot Dictionary

fio

/ˈfiu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os fios

Meaning

  1. thread, wire

    • O fio partiu.

      The wire snapped.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

arame

arame and fio are close synonyms for "wire"; fio also separately means "thread."

Similar in other languages

English

yarn

Close — thread, wire relates to yarn.

Practice

1 What does fio mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ partiu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fio?

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