What does yerba in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word yerba in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use yerba in Spanish.

The word yerba in Spanish means herb, grass, grass, grass, grass, herb, herb, weed, pot, smoke weed, smoke pot, peppermint, black nightshade, yerba mate, mate. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word yerba

herb

nombre femenino (planta pequeña) (plant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Esta mañana encontré una yerba rara en el jardín.
This morning I found a strange herb in the garden.

grass

nombre femenino (coloquial (marihuana) (figurative: drug)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Felipe fumaba yerba todos los días, incluso cuando asistía a clases.
Felipe smoked grass everyday, even when he would go to school.

grass

nombre femenino (conjunto de plantas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Es agradable sentarse sobre la yerba a almorzar.
It's nice to have lunch sitting on the grass.

grass

nombre femenino (planta pequeña)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El jardín estaba lleno de hierbas que había que cortar.
The garden was full of grass that needed to be cut.

grass

nombre femenino (conjunto de plantas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Es agradable sentarse sobre la hierba a almorzar. Mi abuela arrancó un puñado de yerba para preparar un remedio.
My grandmother pulled off a handful of herbs to make a remedy.

herb

nombre femenino (gen pl (planta medicinal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No le gustaban las medicinas y siempre que podía se trataba con yerbas.
He didn't like medication and every time that he could he would self-medicate with herbs.

herb

nombre femenino (gen pl (planta para cocinar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
De todas las yerbas aromáticas de que disponía, el romero era el que más usaba para cocinar.
Out of all the aromatic herbs she had available, rosemary was the one she used most to cook.

weed, pot

nombre femenino (coloquial (marihuana) (slang)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Durante los descansos, los jóvenes se iban al jardín que había detrás del edificio a fumar yerba.
During break time, the youngsters went to the garden behind the building to smoke weed.

smoke weed, smoke pot

locución verbal (coloquial (fumar marihuana)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Fumar yerba es mejor que fumar cigarrillo.

peppermint

locución nominal femenina (planta perenne)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Todos los días me preparo una infusión de yerba buena para el desayuno.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. We have some peppermint growing in the garden.

black nightshade

locución nominal femenina (AmC (planta medicinal) (Solanum nigrum)

La hierba mora tiene propiedades diuréticas.

yerba mate, mate

nombre femenino (planta para té)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La infusión de yerba mate es popular en el Cono Sur.
Yerba mate tea is popular in the Southern Cone.

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