fiereza

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.

Latin ferus

Old Spanish fiero

Spanish fiero

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Spanish -eza

Spanish fiereza

From fiero + -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjeˈɾeθa/ [fjeˈɾe.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fjeˈɾesa/ [fjeˈɾe.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: fie‧re‧za

Noun

fiereza f (plural fierezas)

1. fierceness

   Synonyms: ferocidad, (archaic) feridad

2. cruelty

   Synonym: crueldad

Further reading

• “fiereza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025