fierro

fierro

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Noun

fierro m

1. iron

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “fierro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• fierru, ḥierru, ḥierro, fiirru

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Noun

fierro m (plural fierros)

1. iron

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjerə/

Noun

fierro n

1. iron (metal)

fierro m

1. iron (for flattening clothes)

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjero/, /ˈhjero/

Noun

fierro f (plural fierros)

1. iron
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v.

     Et aun a otra ṕpriedat que el uidrio la obedece ¬ tiral aſſi como la aymante tira el fierro.

     And yet another property is that glass obeys it and it pulls it, just like the magnet attracts iron.

Descendants

• Ladino: fierro
• Spanish: fierro, hierro
  • Papiamentu: heru

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Spanish

Etymology

Variant of hierro preserving the initial /f/ in Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjero/ [ˈfje.ro]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: fie‧rro

Noun

fierro m (plural fierros)

1. (Latin America) branding iron

   El rancho marca su ganado con fierro

   The ranch marks its cattle with a brand.

2. (colloquial, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay) firearm
3. (countable, Costa Rica) tool (implement)
4. (Mexico) penny, cent
5. (colloquial, Uruguay) coin (money in the form of coins)

   El banco no acepta pagos en fierro

   The bank doesn't accept payment in coins.

6. (archaic, dialectal, Louisiana) iron (metal)

   La cerca alrededor de su casa es de fierro pintado

   The fence around the house is painted iron.

   Synonym: hierro

7. (colloquial, Mexico) money (currency)

Derived terms

• ferroso

Related terms

• cabeza de fierro
• testaferro

Verb

fierro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ferrar

Further reading

• “fierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014