herrar

Icelandic

Noun

herrar

1. indefinite nominative plural of herra

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

herrar

1. indefinite plural of herre

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ferrar (obsolete)

Etymology

From hierro (“iron”) +‎ -ar (without diphthong (ie) when "e" unstressed), or from Old Spanish ferrar, from a Late Latin ferrāre, from Latin ferrum (“iron”). Compare Portuguese and Catalan ferrar, French ferrer, Italian ferrare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈraɾ/ [eˈraɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: he‧rrar
• Homophone: errar

Verb

herrar (first-person singular present hierro, first-person singular preterite herré, past participle herrado)

1. to horseshoe, to shoe a horse
2. to brand

Conjugation

    Conjugation of herrar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			herrar
gerund			herrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		herrado		herrada
		plural		herrados		herradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hierro	hierrastú herrásvos	hierra	herramos	herráis	hierran
	imperfect	herraba	herrabas	herraba	herrábamos	herrabais	herraban
	preterite	herré	herraste	herró	herramos	herrasteis	herraron
	future	herraré	herrarás	herrará	herraremos	herraréis	herrarán
	conditional	herraría	herrarías	herraría	herraríamos	herraríais	herrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hierre	hierrestú herrésvos2	hierre	herremos	herréis	hierren
	imperfect (ra)	herrara	herraras	herrara	herráramos	herrarais	herraran
	imperfect (se)	herrase	herrases	herrase	herrásemos	herraseis	herrasen
	future1	herrare	herrares	herrare	herráremos	herrareis	herraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		hierratú herrávos	hierre	herremos	herrad	hierren
	negative		no hierres	no hierre	no herremos	no herréis	no hierren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of herrar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive herrar
	dative	herrarme	herrarte	herrarle, herrarse	herrarnos	herraros	herrarles, herrarse
	accusative	herrarme	herrarte	herrarlo, herrarla, herrarse	herrarnos	herraros	herrarlos, herrarlas, herrarse
with gerund herrando
	dative	herrándome	herrándote	herrándole, herrándose	herrándonos	herrándoos	herrándoles, herrándose
	accusative	herrándome	herrándote	herrándolo, herrándola, herrándose	herrándonos	herrándoos	herrándolos, herrándolas, herrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hierra
	dative	hiérrame	hiérrate	hiérrale	hiérranos	not used	hiérrales
	accusative	hiérrame	hiérrate	hiérralo, hiérrala	hiérranos	not used	hiérralos, hiérralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative herrá
	dative	herrame	herrate	herrale	herranos	not used	herrales
	accusative	herrame	herrate	herralo, herrala	herranos	not used	herralos, herralas
with formal second-person singular imperative hierre
	dative	hiérreme	not used	hiérrele, hiérrese	hiérrenos	not used	hiérreles
	accusative	hiérreme	not used	hiérrelo, hiérrela, hiérrese	hiérrenos	not used	hiérrelos, hiérrelas
with first-person plural imperative herremos
	dative	not used	herrémoste	herrémosle	herrémonos	herrémoos	herrémosles
	accusative	not used	herrémoste	herrémoslo, herrémosla	herrémonos	herrémoos	herrémoslos, herrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative herrad
	dative	herradme	not used	herradle	herradnos	herraos	herradles
	accusative	herradme	not used	herradlo, herradla	herradnos	herraos	herradlos, herradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hierren
	dative	hiérrenme	not used	hiérrenle	hiérrennos	not used	hiérrenles, hiérrense
	accusative	hiérrenme	not used	hiérrenlo, hiérrenla	hiérrennos	not used	hiérrenlos, hiérrenlas, hiérrense

Derived terms

• herradero
• herrador
• herradura
• herrar o quitar el banco

 

Further reading

• “herrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Swedish

Noun

herrar

1. indefinite plural of herr
2. indefinite plural of herre