hiedra

Spanish

Alternative forms

• yedra

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hedera, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝedɾa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ð̞ɾa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝedɾa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ð̞ɾa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈjedɾa/ [ˈje.ð̞ɾa] (Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -edɾa
• Syllabification: hie‧dra

Noun

hiedra f (plural hiedras)

1. ivy

Derived terms

• hiedra terrestre
• hiedra venenosa

Further reading

• “hiedra”, 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