fiero
See also: Fiero
Esperanto edit
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Noun edit
fiero (uncountable, accusative fieron)
- pride (something one is proud of)
- Synonym: fieraĵo
- Mia filino estas la fiero de nia familio.
- My daughter is the pride of our family.
- pride (quality or feeling of being proud)
- Synonym: fiereco
Usage notes edit
Unlike orgojlo, fiero does not carry negative connotations of hubris.
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
From earlier fero, from Latin ferus.
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Adjective edit
fiero (feminine fiera, masculine plural fieri, feminine plural fiere, superlative fierissimo)
- (literary) fierce, specifically:
- cruel, merciless
- (figurative) fiercely hostile (of fate)
- (by extension) frightening, intimidating (of a face)
- Synonyms: orribile, spaventoso
- frightening, ghastly, horrible
- savage, violent (of a struggle)
- furious, raging (of natural forces)
- intense, vehement (of feelings or expressions)
- cruel, merciless
- (uncommon) audacious, bold, daring
- proud
- Sono fiero di te. ― I am proud of you.
- Synonyms: altero, orgoglioso
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Further reading edit
- fiero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Verb edit
fiero
- inflection of fierrut:
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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fiero (feminine singular fiera, masculine plural fieros, feminine plural fieras)
- savage, wild
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14r:
- Dẏxo nr̃o ſẽnor amoẏſen. maduRga ala mannana ⁊ di a pharaon. Q ẏol digo q̃ dexe mio pueblo. E ſi nõblo dexare echare en el ẏenſos vaſſallos beſtias fieras. ⁊ emplir ſe an todas las caſas ⁊ todala tr̃a. E marauillar ſe an en es dẏa.
- Our Lord said unto Moses, “Rise early in the morning and say unto Pharaoh that I order he let my people go, and that should he not let them go, I will unleash upon him and his servants savage beasts, and they will fill every house and all the earth, and on that day they will be awed. […]”
Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish fiero, from Latin ferus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fiero (feminine fiera, masculine plural fieros, feminine plural fieras)
- wild (of an animal, living in the wild)
- Synonym: salvaje
- wild, fierce, ferocious
- Synonym: feroz
- biting, searing (pain)
Further reading edit
- “fiero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014