sierra

Etymology

From Spanish sierra.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛrə

Noun

sierra (plural sierras)

1. A rugged range of mountains.
2. The letter S in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Anagrams

• 'Arries, Rieras, airers, arries, raiser, reairs

Alternative forms

• serra

Noun

sierra f (plural sierres)

1. saw (tool)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sierra.

Noun

sierra f (invariable)

1. sierra

Anagrams

• arresi, arrise, riarse, riresa, serrai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjera/
• Homophone: cierra (non-Castilian)

Etymology 1

From Latin serra.

Noun

sierra f (plural sierras)

1. (Tool) saw
2. (Geography) mountain range

   Sierra Madre Occidental

3. (Fish) swordfish
4. (Fish, Chile) snoek (Thyrsites atun)

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

sierra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of serrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of serrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of serrar.

Further reading

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