férreo

See also: ferreo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; hard; rigid”).

Adjective

férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)

1. (relational) iron, ferrous
2. persistent, determined, tenacious

Related terms

• ferro

Further reading

• “férreo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; like or pertaining to iron”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁe.u/ [ˈfɛ.he.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁe.u/ [ˈfɛ.he.u]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁe.u/ [ˈfɛ.χe.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁe.o/ [ˈfɛ.he.o]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁju/

Adjective

férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)

1. (relational) iron, ferrous
2. persistent, determined, tenacious

Related terms

• ferro

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; hard; rigid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfereo/ [ˈfe.re.o]
• Rhymes: -ereo
• Syllabification: fé‧rre‧o

Adjective

férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)

1. (relational) iron
2. persistent, determined, tenacious

   idea férrea ― a tenacious idea

3. powerful, hard
4. (archaeology) from the Iron Age

Derived terms

• línea férrea
• vía férrea

 

Related terms

• hierro

 

Further reading

• “férreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28