hierro
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Castilian)
Audio (file) - (El Salvador)
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: hie‧rro
- Homophones: Hierro, (not in Rioplatense) yerro
Etymology 1Edit
Chemical element | |
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Fe | |
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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 formsEdit
NounEdit
hierro m (plural hierros)
- iron (common, inexpensive metal, having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe, or a material predominantly made of this)
- branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock)
- (metonymically) 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
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Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
hierro
Further readingEdit
- “hierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014