fio
Portuguese, noun
fio is spelled F-I-O (3 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,888th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of fiar. With an accent, fío is a different word: “eye dialect spelling of filho, representing Caipira Portuguese”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “linha”.
What does fio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethread
- 2
masculinestring
- 3
masculinetrickle (a very thin flow)
fio de água
- 4
masculineedge (thin cutting side of a blade)
fio da navalha
- 5
masculinechain
- 6
masculinewire
noun
- 1
masculinethread (series of messages, generally grouped by subject)
noun
- 1
masculinepronunciation spelling of filho, representing Caipira Portuguese
É, professora, meu fio não aguentou as gozações da mininada. Eu tentei fazê ele continuá, mas não teve jeito. Ele tava chateado demais.
- 2
masculinepronunciation spelling of filhos, representing Caipira Portuguese
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of fiar
noun
- 1
masculineeye dialect spelling of filho, representing Caipira Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. linha 2. segmento fino, cilíndrico, flexível e alongado de um certo material 3. parte cortante de facas, navalhas 4. nos microblogues, conjunto de mensagens pequenas agrupadas de forma a formar um texto maior, devido à limitação de caracteres desses sites
noun: 1. grafia não-padrão da palavra filho, utilizada em diversos dialetos brasileiros
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fio
- fios plural
- fia feminine
- fias feminine plural
- fíos plural
- fía feminine
- fías feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fio in Portuguese?
fio appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).