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Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin herba.
Noun
hierba f
- grass
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeɾba/
- IPA(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjeɾba/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Compare Catalan herba, Portuguese erva.
Noun
hierba f (plural hierbas)
- herb
- grass (the plant itself)
- weed
- (slang) marijuana
- Coordinate terms: meta, coca
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
hierba
- inflection of herbar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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