siervo

Inherited from Old Spanish sieruo, from Latin servus (“servant, slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjeɾbo/ [ˈsjeɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɾbo
• Syllabification: sier‧vo
• Homophone: (Latin America) ciervo

siervo m (plural siervos, feminine sierva, feminine plural siervas)

1. servant

   Synonym: criado

2. serf
3. slave

   Synonym: esclavo

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