acero

See also: Acero, ácero, and aceró

Catalan

Verb

acero

1. first-person singular present indicative of acerar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin acer (“maple tree”). Doublet of akra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈt͡sero]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧ro

Noun

acero (accusative singular aceron, plural aceroj, accusative plural acerojn)

1. maple

Italian

Foglie di acero rosso (Red maple leaves)

Etymology

From Late Latin acerus, variant of Latin acer (“maple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃe.ro/
• Rhymes: -atʃero
• Hyphenation: à‧ce‧ro

Noun

acero m (plural aceri)

1. maple (tree) (Acer)
2. maple wood

Derived terms

• aceraia
• acereta / acereto
• acero bianco / acero americano
• acero campestre
• acero da zucchero / acero saccarino
• acero di monte / acero montano
• acero giapponese
• acero nero
• acero riccio / acero platanoide
• acero rosso
• sciroppo d'acero
• zucchero d'acero

 

See also

• loppio

Anagrams

• Corea, corea

Latin

Adjective

acērō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of acērus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛɾu

Verb

acero

1. first-person singular present indicative of acerar

Romanian

Noun

acero

1. definite vocative singular of aceră

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθeɾo/ [aˈθe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈseɾo/ [aˈse.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧ro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin acies, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Asturian aceru, Catalan acer, French acier, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço.

Noun

acero m (plural aceros)

1. steel
2. (figuratively) sword, weapon
3. (in the plural) arms
4. tincture of steel

Derived terms

• acerar
• acería
• acero al carbono
• acero inoxidable
• de acero
• lana de acero
• pulmón de acero
• puño de acero
• Telón de Acero

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: asero, asiro
• → Hiligaynon: asero
• → Tagalog: asero

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

acero

1. first-person singular present indicative of acerar

Further reading

• “acero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• careo
• Corea
• corea