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fierabrás

Spanish, noun/fjeɾaˈbɾas/

fierabrás is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a large and strong person, often having a boastful personality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona mala e incontrolable”.

What does fierabrás mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinea large and strong person, often having a boastful personality

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Persona mala e incontrolable.

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 fierabrás

  • fierabrases plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fierabrás?

  • /fjeɾaˈbɾas/
  • [fje.ɾaˈβ̞ɾas]
  • [fjeɾaˈβ̞ɾas]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is fierabrás in Spanish?

fierabrás appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).