hierro
Meanings
Noun
1. iron (chemical element) (uncountable)
2. branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock)
3. brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron) (metonymic)
4. brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo) (by extension)
5. iron or steel weapon
6. any of various objects made of iron
7. importance
Examples52
¿Está hecho de hierro?
Is it made of iron?
Quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere.
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
El que a hierro mata, a hierro muere.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Ellos sabían producir hierro.
They knew how to make iron.
Tom tiene una salud de fierro.
Tom seems to be as fit as a fiddle.
El hierro es más duro que el oro.
Iron is harder than gold.