What does Fiero mean? by hugh
Started on : 07-19-2000 08:28 PM
Replies : 11
Last post by : BellaFiero on 07-20-2000 03:10 PM
Jul 19th, 2000
hugh Member Posts: 5563 From: Clementon,NJ,USA Registered: Jun 2000
What does Fiero mean,and what language is it?Spanish?
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fropuff Member Posts: 2052 From: WI Registered: Jan 2000
It means "proud". I don't know what language; Latin I think.
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Standard Member Posts: 4667 From: St. Cloud, MN Registered: Apr 99
It means "proud" in Italian. We had a big long discussion about this some time ago.. I'll try to dig up the thread..
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Standard Member Posts: 4667 From: St. Cloud, MN Registered: Apr 99
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tgowens Member Posts: 2496 From: Somewhere in my Fiero, of course! Registered: Apr 2000
I knew it was Italian but for some reason I thought it mean "ferocious"!! -- shows you how much Italian I speak, huh? "please pass the jelly"!!
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gixxer Member Posts: 451 From: Kent, Wa. USA Registered: Mar 2000
Looked it up in a Spanish dictionary awhile back. It means "Wild" or Feral", another meaning:"mishapen".
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Jul 20th, 2000
Oreif Member Posts: 16460 From: Schaumburg, IL Registered: Jan 2000
F = First
I = Intelligently
E = Engineered
R = Racecar
O = Obviously
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FIEROCIOUS Member Posts: 528 From: Ogden Ut Registered: Feb 2000
I like ferocious! Isn't that the same as wild or Feral? LOL!
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tgowens Member Posts: 2496 From: Somewhere in my Fiero, of course! Registered: Apr 2000
well, see? there ya go!!! it was named after you!! ('cept I just KNOW that Ferocious is not on your birth certificate!)(even tho you may be certifiable!)
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My7Fieros Member Posts: 3357 From: Germantown, TN Registered: Jun 2000
I love my Fieros! Really! But, you have to constantly invest time, money, and labor or you can
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Philphine Member Posts: 6136 From: louisville,ky. usa Registered: Feb 2000
never made that connection, but i knew feral was a good name for it.
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BellaFiero Member Posts: 92 From: Fairview Heights, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2000
I've got several friends from South America, who say that in the languages there, the word "Fiero" is used to describe a "sly, fox-like creature" or as an adjective; "swift" Pretty sure the Designers wanted it to be "proud" - but I'm grooving on the Brazilian meaning!! Swift, sly, fox!
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