hierro
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝero/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ro]
- IPA(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjero/ [ˈje.ro]
Etymology 1
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Fe | |
| Previous: manganeso (Mn) | |
| Next: cobalto (Co) | |
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.
Alternative forms
Noun
hierro m (plural hierros)
- iron (chemical element)
- branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock)
- (metonymically) brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron)
- (by extension) brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo)
- Synonym: marca (more common)
- iron or steel weapon
- any of various objects made of iron
- importance
Derived terms
- amasijo de hierros
- bolsa de hierro
- cabeza de hierro
- camino de hierro
- capillo de hierro
- con todos los hierros
- corona de hierro
- Cortina de Hierro
- de hierro
- dintel de hierro
- Edad del Hierro
- geranio de hierro
- herrar
- hierro de doble T
- hierro de planchar
- hierro fundido
- llevar hierro a Vizcaya
- mineral de hierro
- óxido de hierro
- pirita de hierro
- quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere
- quitar hierro
- sacar hierro
- tocar el hierro
Related terms
Further reading
- “hierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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