acero

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of acerar

Hyphenated as

a‧ce‧ro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈθeɾo/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Por su dureza tiene mayor resistencia al impacto que el acero .

Due to its hardness, it has greater impact resistance than steel.