hierro
Significado (English)
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- (masculine) iron (chemical element)
- (masculine) branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock)
- (masculine, metonymically) brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron)
- (broadly, masculine) brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo)
- (masculine) iron or steel weapon
- (masculine) any of various objects made of iron
- (masculine) importance
Frecuencia
Con guion como
hie‧rro
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈʝero/
Etimología (English)
In summary
Inherited 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.
Nuevo
herrar
- to horseshoe, to shoe a horse
- to brand
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