hierba

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Noun

hierba f

1. grass

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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): /ˈʝeɾba/, [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a]

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

Audio

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Homophones: hierva, yerba

Noun

hierba f (plural hierbas)

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

Derived terms

• herbar
• hierba de San Juan
• hierba luisa
• hierba mora
• hierba santa
• hierbero
• hockey sobre hierba
• mala hierba

 

See also

• grama

Further reading

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