Polyglot Dictionary

hierro

/ˈjero/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los hierros

Meaning

  1. iron

    • La puerta es de hierro.

      The door is made of iron.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

fierro

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 hierro mean?

2 Fill the gap: La puerta es de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hierro?

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