fio

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) thread
2. (masculine) string
3. (masculine) trickle (a very thin flow)
4. (masculine) edge (thin cutting side of a blade)
5. (masculine) chain
6. (masculine) wire

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of fiar

Hyphenated as

fi‧o

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfi.u/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fio, from Latin fīlum. Compare Galician fío and Spanish filo, hilo.

Sentences

Até que San Juan não engula um fio .

Until San Juan doesn't swallow a thread.

Para aquela fileira muito fina , o fio está quebrado .

For that very thin row, the thread is broken.

Meu tablet da wacom tem um fio suspeito .

My wacom tablet has a suspicious thread.

Quando paramos para olhá-lo, ela esticou o fio e o lagarto se moveu .

When we stopped to look at it, she stretched the thread and the lizard moved.