# fierro
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfjero/
* Rhymes: -ero
* Syllabification: fie‧rro

### Noun

fierro m
* iron

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “fierro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
* “hierro”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* fierru
* ḥierru
* ḥierro

### Etymology

From Old Leonese fierru, from Latin ferrum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfjero/ [ˈfje.ro]

### Noun

fierro m (uncountable)
* iron

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum.

### Noun

fierro m
* iron

### References

* Elli Kohen, Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 175
* Alegría Bendayán de Bendelac (1995) Diccionario del judeoespañol de los sefardíes del norte de Marruecos: Jaquetía tradicional y moderna, Caracas: Centro de Estudios Sefardíes de Caracas, →ISBN, page 274

## Mirandese
### Etymology

From Old Leonese fierru, from Latin ferrum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfjɛ.ru/

### Noun

fierro m (plural fierros)
* iron

### References

“fierro” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ferrum.

### Pronunciation

* (Naples) IPA: [ˈfjerrə]
* (Castelmezzano) IPA: [ˈfiə̆rrə]

### Noun

fierro n
* iron (metal)

### Noun

fierro m
* iron (for flattening clothes)

### References

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 403: “battere il ferro” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ferrum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfjero/, /ˈhjero/

### Noun

fierro f (plural fierros)
* iron
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v:Et aun a otra ꝑpriedat que el uidrio la obedece ⁊ tiral aſſi como la aymante tira el fierro.And yet another property is that glass obeys it and it pulls it, just like the magnet attracts iron.

#### Descendants

* Ladino: fierro
* Spanish: fierro, hierro
** Papiamentu: heru

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfjero/ [ˈfje.ro]
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -ero
* Syllabification: fie‧rro

### Etymology 1

Variant of hierro preserving the initial /f/ in Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum.

#### Noun

fierro m (plural fierros)
* (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Andes, Chile, Rioplatense) branding iron
    El rancho marca su ganado con fierroThe ranch marks its cattle with a brand.
** (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, rustic) a branding
* (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia, Rioplatense) weapon
** (colloquial, all above countries + Honduras, Peru and Colombia, rare in Paraguay) firearm
** (colloquial, all above countries + Guatemala and Paraguray, criminal slang in Ecuador) bladed weapon
* (colloquial, Mexico, Rioplatense) gas pedal
** (colloquial, Peru, Paraguay, Rioplatense) car, especially a race car
* (Mexico) penny, cent
* (colloquial, Uruguay) change (money in the form of coins)
    El banco no acepta pagos en fierroThe bank doesn't accept payment in coins.
* (Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru, Louisiana) iron (metal)
    Synonym: hierro
* (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Paraguay) iron tool
** (rustic, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, obsolete in Guatemala and Costa Rica) A tool, especially one used in agricultural work.
* (vulgar, Argentina) coitus
* (Chile) skewer; spit
* (Chile) driving iron
* (Guatemala) signature

##### Derived terms

* ferroso

##### Related terms

* cabeza de fierro
* testaferro

##### Descendants

* Papiamentu: heru

#### Adjective

fierro (feminine fierra, masculine plural fierros, feminine plural fierras)
* (Ecuador) branded by an iron

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fierro
* first-person singular present indicative of ferrar

### Further reading

* “fierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “fierro”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010