{"id":21391,"date":"2021-09-10T14:42:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21391"},"modified":"2021-09-11T13:06:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T13:06:05","slug":"iron-ferrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21391","title":{"rendered":"Iron Ferrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What would you buy in a <strong>ferreter\u00eda<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evasan\/3417908179\/in\/photolist-nXhTU3-9yXF6k-3jz8xv-2kqMVUB-5uTvAC-5uP8Ta-5uP9jv-5uP8pV-5uTyRQ-5uP7Wv-5uTx3L-5uPdZv-5uTwyu-oQKqop-3jzapT-3jDJ5y-3jDCNS-9z1G1N-9yXFrT-9yXDEe-9z1GTj-9z1F8q-9yXFy4-9yXDNx-9z1FMf-9z1FeN-dSowf8-9z1Fvh-9yXEsV-6d2F2g-9z1EG3-btMFj7-6d2F2n-dSiihN-fgeC1j-4bYWGR-9aAcPs\" title=\"Trama\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3562\/3417908179_2116038272_z.jpg\" alt=\"Trama\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When I first saw this (Spanish) word, I thought it was a shop that sells ferrets. I was slightly disappointed to discover that it actually means hardware, or hardware store or ironmongers. Or in other words, a place selling things made of ferrous metal (iron).<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/11730422@N03\/27507944001\/in\/photolist-HUMpoz-n4i3Z-2h5QANo-2iFd8J5-2hKabyP-4P8yrE-MicF6o-HcMPgs-9AJVqs-9Gkbmk-9Go5ob-o3yxD2-xRe3S-2iRwHMa-R6KZfE-2kS476i-c8FGaJ-27xetZP-xRMt7B-yw6CRN-ywbigB-yMFZbm-yw5c25-yw5kEf-yw5LnG-27jnEtm-qWwnCg-5cA3vu-dFEiEB-76kW21-2gir5dM-zRzLo-21NCzj3-5UTnY5-fVWtkN-aUgErz-p1AoaQ-yw3NV3-yLmxNW-yPrjrc-yMFssN-xRCN8G-yw9y5t-yw4R4Y-yw3P3Y-yMFsdQ-yNEFbT-xRDYXW-yNFEPt-yw4RMG\" title=\"ferreteria\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7449\/27507944001_7fd88a335e_z.jpg\" alt=\"ferreteria\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It comes from <strong>ferrete<\/strong> (branding iron), from the Old French <em>ferret<\/em> (branding iron), a diminutive of <em>fer<\/em> (iron), from the Latin <em>ferrum<\/em> (iron); and <strong>-er\u00eda<\/strong> (a suffix that turns a noun into a store or restaurant that sells such an item; characteristic of) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ferreter%C3%ADa\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A shop selling ferrets (hurones) would be a <strong>huroner\u00eda<\/strong>, and the Spanish word for ferret, <strong>hur\u00f3n<\/strong>, comes from the Latin <em>f\u016br<\/em> (thief), which is also the root of the English word <strong>ferret<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hur%C3%B3n\">source<\/a>]. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=17097\">More about ferrets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other words for hardware store in Spanish include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>quincaller\u00eda<\/strong> &#8211; from <strong>quincalla<\/strong> (low-value hardware, junk)<\/li>\n<li><strong>tlapaler\u00eda<\/strong> &#8211; from the Classical Nahuatl <em>tlapalli<\/em> (dye, ink, paint) &#8211; used in Mexico<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other words ending in <em>-er\u00eda<\/em> include [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Category:Spanish_words_suffixed_with_-er\u00eda\">source<\/a>]:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>joyer\u00eda<\/strong> = jewellers, jewelery store (not a shop selling joy)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ostrer\u00eda<\/strong> = oyster bar<\/li>\n<li><strong>pirater\u00eda<\/strong> = piracy, theft, booklegging (not a shop selling pirates)<\/li>\n<li><strong>sombrerer\u00eda<\/strong> = hat shop<\/li>\n<li><strong>whisker\u00eda<\/strong> = whisky bar (not a seller of whiskers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would you buy in a ferreter\u00eda? When I first saw this (Spanish) word, I thought it was a shop that sells ferrets. I was slightly disappointed to discover that it actually means hardware, or hardware store or ironmongers. Or in other words, a place selling things made of ferrous metal (iron). 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