herradura

See also: Herradura

English

Etymology

From Spanish herradura (“horseshoe”).

Noun

herradura (plural herraduras)

1. A curved masonry wall characteristic of the Ancestral Puebloan road network.

Spanish

Etymology

From herrar (“to horseshoe”), from hierro (“iron”), from Latin ferrum (“iron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eraˈduɾa/ [e.raˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: he‧rra‧du‧ra

Noun

herradura f (plural herraduras)

1. horseshoe

Derived terms

• arco de herradura
• camino de herradura
• hierba de la herradura
• mostrar las herraduras
• quebrantaherraduras

Related terms

• herrero
• hierro

Further reading

• “herradura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10