herrar
Spanish, verb/eˈraɾ/
herrar is spelled H-E-R-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 118,609th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to horseshoe, to shoe a horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner, clavar o adherir, a modo de protección, las herraduras (piezas en forma de "U") a los cascos de…”.
What does herrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to horseshoe, to shoe a horse
- 2
to brand
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner, clavar o adherir, a modo de protección, las herraduras (piezas en forma de "U") a los cascos de caballerías o los callos (chapas de refuerzo) a las pezuñas de reses y vacunos. 2. Marcar o señalar con un fierro o hierro candente, generalmente a animales u objetos, para indicar su origen, propiedad, o distinción. En el pasado, se hacía también con algunos seres humanos (esclavos, delincuentes, pecadores y otros). 3. Cubrir, reforzar, guarnecer o revestir con hierro. 4. Poner a alguien ciertos objetos de hierro diseñados para apresar o impedir el movimiento libre, tales como grillos, cadenas, 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 herrar
- hierro first-person present singular
- herré first-person preterite singular
- herrado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- herrando gerund
- herrada feminine participle past
- herrados masculine participle past
- herradas feminine participle past
- hierras indicative informal present
- herrás indicative informal present
- hierra indicative present singular
- herramos first-person indicative plural
- herráis indicative plural present
- hierran indicative plural present
- herraba first-person imperfect indicative
- herrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- herrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- herrabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herrar?
- /eˈraɾ/
- [eˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herrar in Spanish?
herrar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).