yerba
English
Etymology
From yerba mate.
Noun
yerba (usually uncountable, plural yerbas)
- Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle:
- The storehouses at Talcahuano had been burst open, and great bags of cotton, yerba, and other valuable merchandise were scattered on the shore.
Derived terms
Further reading
- Yerba mate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ilex paraguariensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aragonese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝeɾba/
- Rhymes: -eɾba
- Syllabification: yer‧ba
Derived terms
- yerba d'a manantía (“common fleabane”)
- yerba d'as cardelinas (“groundsel”)
- yerba luisa (“lemon verbena”)
- yerba negra (“black nightshade”)
References
- “hierba”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “yerba”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Spanish
FWOTD – 16 September 2022
Etymology
See hierba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeɾba/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeɾba/ [ˈʃeɾ.β̞a]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeɾba/ [ˈʒeɾ.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -eɾba
- Syllabification: yer‧ba
Noun
yerba f (plural yerbas)
- Alternative form of hierba
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo XX”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:
- No es posible, señor mío, sino que estas yerbas dan testimonio de que por aquí cerca debe de estar alguna fuente o arroyo que estas yerbas humedece;
- It cannot be, my lord, but that this grass gives proof that there must be nearby some spring or brook to give it moisture;
- yerba (Ilex paraguariensis)
- tarantula
Derived terms
- enyerbar
- yerba buena
- yerba del manso
- yerba dulce
- yerba mansa
- yerba mate
- yerba porosa
- yerboso
Further reading
- “yerba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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