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Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin ferrum .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfjero/
Syllabification: fie‧rro
Rhymes: -ero
Noun
fierro m
iron
References
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002 ) “fierro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa , Zaragoza, →ISBN
“hierro ”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Asturian
Etymology
From Old Leonese fierro , from Latin ferrum .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfjero/
Rhymes: -ero
Syllabification: fie‧rro
Noun
fierro m (uncountable )
iron
Usage notes
While fierro (neuter) means iron as in the material, fierru (masculine) means a single non-specified part or piece of iron.
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish fierro , from Latin ferrum .
Noun
fierro m
iron
References
Elli Kohen, Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000 ) Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish) , New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN , page 175
Alegría Bendayán de Bendelac (1995 ) Diccionario del judeoespañol de los sefardíes del norte de Marruecos: Jaquetía tradicional y moderna , Caracas: Centro de Estudios Sefardíes de Caracas, →ISBN , page 274
Mirandese
Etymology
From Old Leonese fierro , from Latin ferrum .
Pronunciation
Noun
fierro m (plural fierros )
iron
References
Ferreira, Amadeu, Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (2003 –2022 ) “fierro ”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português [Mirandese-Portuguese Dictionary ] .
Neapolitan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ferrum .
Pronunciation
Noun
fierro n
iron (metal)
Noun
fierro m
iron (for flattening clothes)
References
Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ferrum .
Pronunciation
Noun
fierro f (plural fierros )
iron
c. 1250 , Alfonso X , Lapidario , f. 6v :Et aun a otra ꝑpriedat que el uidrio la obedece ⁊ tiral aſſi como la aymante tira el fierro . And yet another property is that glass obeys it and it pulls it, just like the magnet attracts iron .
Descendants
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfjero/
Rhymes: -ero
Syllabification: fie‧rro
Etymology 1
Variant of hierro preserving the initial /f/ in Old Spanish fierro , from Latin ferrum .
Noun
fierro m (plural fierros )
( Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Andes , Chile , Rioplatense ) branding iron
El rancho marca su ganado con fierro The ranch marks its cattle with a brand .
( Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Cuba , rustic ) a branding
( colloquial , Mexico , El Salvador , Nicaragua , Ecuador , Bolivia , Rioplatense ) weapon
( colloquial , all above countries + Honduras , Peru and Colombia , rare in Paraguay ) firearm
( colloquial , all above countries + Guatemala and Paraguray, criminal slang in Ecuador ) bladed weapon
( colloquial , Mexico , Rioplatense ) gas pedal
( colloquial , Peru , Paraguay , Rioplatense ) car , especially a race car
( Mexico ) penny , cent
( colloquial , Uruguay ) change ( money in the form of coins )
El banco no acepta pagos en fierro The bank doesn't accept payment in coins .
( Bolivia , Chile , Paraguay , Mexico , Guatemala , Honduras , El Salvador , Nicaragua , Peru , Louisiana ) iron ( metal )
Synonym: hierro
( Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Bolivia , Paraguay ) iron tool
( rustic , Honduras , El Salvador , Nicaragua , obsolete in Guatemala and Costa Rica ) A tool , especially one used in agricultural work.
( vulgar , Argentina ) coitus
( Chile ) skewer ; spit
( Chile ) driving iron
( Guatemala ) signature
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
fierro (feminine fierra , masculine plural fierros , feminine plural fierras )
( Ecuador ) branded by an iron
Etymology 2
Verb
fierro
first-person singular present indicative of ferrar
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