Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fiˈero]
- Rhymes: -ero
- Hyphenation: fi‧e‧ro
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfjɛ.ro/
- Rhymes: -ɛro
- Hyphenation: fiè‧ro
Adjective
fiero (feminine fiera, masculine plural fieri, feminine plural fiere, superlative fierissimo)
- (literary) fierce, specifically:
- cruel, merciless
- Synonyms: crudele, efferato, feroce, spietato
- (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)
- (uncommon) audacious, bold, daring
- Synonyms: audace, intrepido
- proud
- Sono fiero di te. ― I am proud of you.
- Synonyms: altero, orgoglioso
Further reading
- fiero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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. […]”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfjeɾo/ [ˈfje.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: fie‧ro