hierba

Spanish

Alternative forms

• yerba

Etymology

From Latin herba (compare Catalan herba, French herbe, Galician herba, Italian erba, Portuguese erva, Romanian iarbă), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”), *g(')herə-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɾ.βa/, /ˈjeɾ.βa/
• Homophones: hierva, yerba

Noun

hierba f (plural hierbas)

1. herb
2. grass, weeds
3. (slang) marijuana

Derived terms

• herbar verb
• hierbero m