férreo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; hard; rigid”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfɛreo/ [ˈfɛ.re.ʊ]
Rhymes: -ɛreo
Hyphenation: fe‧rre‧o
=== Adjective ===
férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)
(relational) iron, ferrous
persistent, determined, tenacious
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“férreo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; like or pertaining to iron”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)
(relational) iron, ferrous
persistent, determined, tenacious
==== Related terms ====
ferro
=== Further reading ===
“férreo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“férreo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== 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)
(relational) iron
persistent, determined, tenacious
idea férrea ― a tenacious idea
powerful, hard
(archaeology) from the Iron Age
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“férreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025