yantar

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *iantō, iantāre (“eat lunch”), from Latin iēntō, iēntāre. See iēntāculum (“the first meal of the day”).

Verb

yantar

1. to eat, dine
   • between 1140 and 1207, anonymous, Cid 1057:

     Con eſtos dos caual͠los a pͥeſſa va iãtando
     (normalized) Con estos dos cavallos a priessa va jantando

     With these two knights, he dines hastily

Noun

yantar f

1. food (especially a lunch or banquet)
   • 1236, Berceo, Vida de Santo Domingo de Silos :

     non vos menguará nunqua nin cena nin yantar

     He [Jesus] shall never reduce your dinner nor your lunch

Descendants

• Spanish: yantar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish yantar, from Vulgar Latin *iantāre (“to eat lunch”), from Latin iēntāre. See iēntāculum (“the first meal of the day”). Compare Portuguese jantar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝanˈtaɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝanˈtaɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃanˈtaɾ/ [ʃãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒanˈtaɾ/ [ʒãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: yan‧tar

Verb

yantar (first-person singular present yanto, first-person singular preterite yanté, past participle yantado)

1. (archaic) to lunch, dine (eat lunch)
   • 1615, Cervantes, Don Quixote, 2nd part :

     Comed, amigo, y desayunaos con esta espuma, en tanto que se llega la hora del yantar.

     You can all eat, my friend, and break your fast with this broth, as we wait for the hour to lunch.

2. (archaic) to eat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of yantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			yantar
gerund			yantando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		yantado		yantada
		plural		yantados		yantadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	yanto	yantastú yantásvos	yanta	yantamos	yantáis	yantan
	imperfect	yantaba	yantabas	yantaba	yantábamos	yantabais	yantaban
	preterite	yanté	yantaste	yantó	yantamos	yantasteis	yantaron
	future	yantaré	yantarás	yantará	yantaremos	yantaréis	yantarán
	conditional	yantaría	yantarías	yantaría	yantaríamos	yantaríais	yantarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	yante	yantestú yantésvos2	yante	yantemos	yantéis	yanten
	imperfect (ra)	yantara	yantaras	yantara	yantáramos	yantarais	yantaran
	imperfect (se)	yantase	yantases	yantase	yantásemos	yantaseis	yantasen
	future1	yantare	yantares	yantare	yantáremos	yantareis	yantaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		yantatú yantávos	yante	yantemos	yantad	yanten
	negative		no yantes	no yante	no yantemos	no yantéis	no yanten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Noun

yantar m (plural yantares)

1. (archaic) food

Further reading

• “yantar”, 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