fierro

/ˈfjero/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los fierros

Meaning

  1. iron

    • Es un barra de fierro.

      It's an iron bar.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

hierro

fierro and hierro are close synonyms for "iron," a regional variant; fierro is used colloquially in Latin America.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

ferro

ferro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "iron."

Practice

1 What does fierro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es un barra de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fierro?

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