hierba

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Noun

hierba f

1. grass

Spanish

Alternative forms

• yerba

Etymology

Inherited from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”), *g(')herə-. Compare Catalan herba, Portuguese erva.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɾba/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeɾba/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjeɾba/ [ˈjeɾ.β̞a]

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• Rhymes: -eɾba
• Syllabification: hier‧ba
• Homophones: hierva, yerba

Noun

hierba f (plural hierbas)

1. herb
2. grass (the plant itself)
3. weed
4. (slang) marijuana

   Coordinate terms: meta, coca

Derived terms

• cortador de hierba
• herbar
• hierba de San Juan
• hierba de Túnez
• hierba del indio
• hierba luisa
• hierba mora
• hierba santa
• hierbero
• hockey sobre hierba
• mala hierba

 

See also

• grama

Verb

hierba

1. inflection of herbar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “hierba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014