fierro
Spanish, noun/ˈfjero/
fierro is spelled F-I-E-R-R-O (6 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fierro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “branding iron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ferrar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza de metal que, candente, se emplea para marcar las caballerías o el ganado y, en el pasado, se usó para…”.
What does fierro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebranding iron
El rancho marca su ganado con fierro
- 2
masculinea branding
- 3
Mexicocolloquialmasculinerarefirearm
- 4
Mexicocolloquialmasculineslangbladed weapon
- 5
Mexicocolloquialmasculinegas pedal
- 6
Mexicocolloquialmasculinecar, especially a race car
- 7
Mexicomasculinepenny, cent
- 8
colloquialmasculinechange (money in the form of coins)
El banco no acepta pagos en fierro
adjective
- 1
branded by an iron
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ferrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante obsoleta de hierro (elemento químico). 2. Pieza de metal que, candente, se emplea para marcar las caballerías o el ganado y, en el pasado, se usó para marcar seres humanos (esclavos, delincuentes y otros). 3. Objeto hecho principalmente de hierro o acero, como ciertas herramientas o armas. 4. Instrumento de metal diseñado para ciertas labores manuales o industriales, tales como la artesanía, la agricultura, la carpintería, la mecánica, etc.
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 fierro
- fierros plural
- fierrito diminutive
- fierra feminine
- fierras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fierro?
- /ˈfjero/
- [ˈfje.ro]
- [ˈfjero]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fierro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fierro in Spanish?
fierro appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).