férreo

See also: ferreo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; hard; rigid”).

Adjective

férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)

  1. (relational) iron, ferrous
  2. persistent, determined, tenacious

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; like or pertaining to iron”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁe.u/ [ˈfɛ.he.u]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁe.u/ [ˈfɛ.χe.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁe.o/ [ˈfɛ.he.o]

Adjective

férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)

  1. (relational) iron, ferrous
  2. persistent, determined, tenacious

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; hard; rigid”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfereo/ [ˈfe.re.o]
  • Rhymes: -ereo
  • Syllabification: fé‧rre‧o

Adjective

férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)

  1. (relational) iron
  2. persistent, determined, tenacious
    idea férrea ― a tenacious idea
  3. powerful, hard
  4. (archaeology) from the Iron Age

Derived terms

Further reading
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