credor

Latin

Verb

crēdor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of crēdō

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese creedor, from Latin crēditōrem (“creditor, lender”), from crēdō (“lend”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈdoʁ/ [kɾeˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈdoʁ/ [kɾeˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈdoʁ/ [kɾeˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɛˈdoɾ/ [kɾɛˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɛˈdoɾ/ [kɾɛˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɛˈdo.ɾi/ [kɾɛˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: cre‧dor

Noun

credor m (plural credores)

1. creditor (person or firm to whom debt is owed)

   Antonym: devedor

Related terms

• crer

Further reading

• “credor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “credor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026