hierro

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ero Syllabification: hie‧rro Homophones: Hierro, (not in Rioplatense) yerro === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== fierro ==== Noun ==== hierro m (plural hierros) (uncountable) iron (chemical element) branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock) (metonymic) 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 ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hierro first-person singular present indicative of herrar === Further reading === “hierro”, 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