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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; hard; rigid”).
Adjective
férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)
- (relational) iron, ferrous
- persistent, determined, tenacious
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; like or pertaining to iron”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)
- (relational) iron, ferrous
- persistent, determined, tenacious
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; hard; rigid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfereo/
- Rhymes: -ereo
- Syllabification: fé‧rre‧o
Adjective
férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)
- (relational) iron
- persistent, determined, tenacious
- idea férrea ― a tenacious idea
- powerful, hard
- (archaeology) from the Iron Age
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