hierba

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin herba (compare Catalan herba, French herbe, Galician herba, Italian erba, Portuguese erva, Romanian iarbă), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”), *g(')herə-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɟ͡ʝerba/, [ˈɟ͡ʝerβa]
  • Homophones: hierva, yerba

Noun

hierba f (plural hierbas)

  1. herb
  2. grass (the plant itself)
  3. weed
  4. (slang) marijuana

Derived terms
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