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Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fiero (uncountable, accusative fieron)
- pride (something one is proud of)
- Synonym: fieraĵo
- Mia filino estas la fiero de nia familio.
- My daughter is the pride of our family.
- pride (quality or feeling of being proud)
- Synonym: fiereco
Usage notes
Unlike orgojlo, fiero does not carry negative connotations of hubris.
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier fero, from Latin ferus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fiero (feminine fiera, masculine plural fieri, feminine plural fiere, superlative fierissimo)
- (literary) fierce, specifically:
- cruel, merciless
- (figurative) fiercely hostile (of fate)
- (by extension) frightening, intimidating (of a face)
- Synonyms: orribile, spaventoso
- frightening, ghastly, horrible
- savage, violent (of a struggle)
- furious, raging (of natural forces)
- intense, vehement (of feelings or expressions)
- cruel, merciless
- (uncommon) audacious, bold, daring
- proud
- Sono fiero di te. ― I am proud of you.
- Synonyms: altero, orgoglioso
Derived terms
Further reading
- fiero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Verb
fiero
- inflection of fierrut:
Old Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
fiero (feminine singular fiera, masculine plural fieros, feminine plural fieras)
- savage, wild
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14r:
- Dẏxo nr̃o ſẽnor amoẏſen. maduRga ala mannana ⁊ di a pharaon. Q ẏol digo q̃ dexe mio pueblo. E ſi nõblo dexare echare en el ẏenſos vaſſallos beſtias fieras. ⁊ emplir ſe an todas las caſas ⁊ todala tr̃a. E marauillar ſe an en es dẏa.
- Our Lord said unto Moses, “Rise early in the morning and say unto Pharaoh that I order he let my people go, and that should he not let them go, I will unleash upon him and his servants savage beasts, and they will fill every house and all the earth, and on that day they will be awed. […]”
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish fiero, from Latin ferus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fiero (feminine fiera, masculine plural fieros, feminine plural fieras)
- wild (of an animal, living in the wild)
- Synonym: salvaje
- wild, fierce, ferocious
- Synonym: feroz
- biting, searing (pain)
Further reading
- “fiero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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