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Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
hierro m (plural hierros)
- (uncountable) iron (chemical element)
- branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock)
- (metonymic) brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron)
- (by extension) brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo)
- Synonym: marca (more common)
- iron or steel weapon
- any of various objects made of iron
- importance
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
hierro
- first-person singular present indicative of herrar
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