fierro
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Meanings
Noun
1. branding iron (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Andes Mountains, Chile, Rioplatense)
a. a branding (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, rustic)
2. weapon (colloquial)
a. firearm (colloquial, all above countries + Honduras, Peru and Colombia, rare in Paraguay, rare)
b. bladed weapon (colloquial, all above countries + Guatemala and Paraguray, criminal slang in Ecuador, slang)
3. gas pedal (colloquial, Mexico, Rioplatense)
a. car, especially a race car (colloquial, Peru, Paraguay, Rioplatense)
4. penny, cent (Mexico)
5. change (money in the form of coins) (colloquial, Uruguay)
6. iron (metal) (Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru, Louisiana)
7. iron tool (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Paraguay)
a. A tool, especially one used in agricultural work. (rustic, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, obsolete in Guatemala and Costa Rica, obsolete)
8. coitus (vulgar, Argentina)
9. skewer; spit (Chile)
10. driving iron (Chile)
11. signature (Guatemala)
12. piece of iron (Latin America)
a. piece of metal, especially if long (by extension)
Examples2
The bank doesn't accept payment in coins.
The ranch marks its cattle with a brand.