hierro

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟ͡ʝero/
• Homophones: Hierro, yerro
• Rhymes: -ero

From Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum (compare Catalan ferro, French fer, Italian ferro, Portuguese ferro, Romanian fier). See also the doublet ferro (“anchor of a galley”), probably borrowed from Catalan.

• fierro

hierro m (plural hierros)

1. iron (common, inexpensive metal, having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe, or a material predominantly made of this)
2. branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock)
3. (metonymically) brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron)
4. (by extension) brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo)

   Synonym: marca (more common)

5. iron or steel weapon
6. any of various objects made of iron

• herrar (verb)
• hierro fundido m
• quitar hierro
• sacar hierro

hierro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of herrar.