hierro

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See also: Hierro and El Hierro

Spanish

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Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝero/
  • IPA(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjero/

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  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: hie‧rro
  • Homophones: Hierro, (not in Rioplatense) yerro

Etymology 1

Chemical element
Fe
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Inherited from Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum. Doublet of fierro (“branding iron”) and ferro (“anchor of a galley”), which were, respectively, inherited from Latin and probably borrowed from Catalan. Other Romance cognates include French fer, Italian ferro, Portuguese ferro, and Romanian fier.

Alternative forms

Noun

hierro m (plural hierros)

  1. iron (chemical element)
  2. branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock)
  3. (metonymically) brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron)
  4. (by extension) brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo)
    Synonym: marca (more common)
  5. iron or steel weapon
  6. any of various objects made of iron
  7. importance
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Etymology 2

Verb

hierro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of herrar

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