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GALICIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

fiar.

to guarantee

4 characters1 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈfjaɾ/[ˈfjaɾ]
  1. to guarantee

  2. to sell on credit, give credit

  3. to entrust

  4. to confide

Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiar, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere. Compare Portuguese and Spanish fiar.

verb/ˈfjaɾ/[ˈfjaɾ]
  1. to spin (make yarn)

  2. to string together, put together (words or ideas)

Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiar, from Late Latin fīlāre, from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Derivable from fío + -ar. Compare Portuguese fiar, Spanish hilar.

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