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herir

to wound

verb eh-REER Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Also means

to hurt

Usage Note

Herir is an e→ie/i stem-changing verb (class IIb): hiero, hieres, hiere… hirió, hirieron. The h is always silent. It covers both physical injury and emotional hurt — me hirió con sus palabras (his words hurt me). The noun is herida (wound, injury), and the adjective herido/a means 'wounded' or 'injured.'

Examples

"El accidente hirió a tres personas."

Natural Translation

The accident injured three people.

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