ferrar
Spanish, verb/feˈraɾ/
ferrar is spelled F-E-R-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 172,602nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to add iron to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cubrir, reforzar, guarnecer o revestir con hierro”.
What does ferrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to add iron to
- 2
obsoleteobsolete spelling of herrar (“to shoe”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cubrir, reforzar, guarnecer o revestir con hierro. 2. Marcar o señalar con hierro. 3. Variante anticuada de herrar (poner las herraduras, poner en prisiones de hierro).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ferrar
- fierro first-person present singular
- ferré first-person preterite singular
- ferrado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- ferrando gerund
- ferrada feminine participle past
- ferrados masculine participle past
- ferradas feminine participle past
- fierras indicative informal present
- ferrás indicative informal present
- fierra indicative present singular
- ferramos first-person indicative plural
- ferráis indicative plural present
- fierran indicative plural present
- ferraba first-person imperfect indicative
- ferrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ferrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ferrabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferrar?
- /feˈraɾ/
- [feˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ferrar in Spanish?
ferrar appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).