credor

Latin

Verb

crēdor

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

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

Hyphenation: cre‧dor

Noun

credor m (plural credores)

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