sierra
See also: Sierra
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish sierra, from Latin serra, "saw," referring to the saw-tooth profile of the crestline of the range seen from a distance.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sierra (countable and uncountable, plural sierras)
- A rugged range of mountains.
- Sierra, the letter S in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- A scombroid fish.
- (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
- 2005, Karen Anand, International Cooking With Karen Anand (page 77)
- Mancha selecto is the world's best saffron: deep-red stamens, as long as the first joint of your thumb, packed and date-stamped. Lesser types, like sierra saffron, have shorter stamens and a quantity of white and yellow flower parts.
- 2005, Karen Anand, International Cooking With Karen Anand (page 77)
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AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
sierra f (plural sierras)
ReferencesEdit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “sierra”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
AsturianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
sierra f (plural sierres)
- saw (tool)
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ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
sierra f (invariable)
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SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
sierra f (plural sierras)
- saw (tool)
- mountain range
- Sierra Madre Occidental
- sawfish
- (Chile) snoek (Thyrsites atun)
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Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
sierra
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of serrar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of serrar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of serrar.
Further readingEdit
- “sierra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.