yerto

Spanish

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *erctus, past participle of *ergere, corresponding to Latin ērēctus < ērigere. Compare Italian erto. Doublet of erecto, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɾto/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeɾto/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeɾto/ [ˈʃeɾ.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeɾto/ [ˈʒeɾ.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -eɾto
• Syllabification: yer‧to

Adjective

yerto (feminine yerta, masculine plural yertos, feminine plural yertas)

1. stiff; rigid

Related terms

• erecto

 

Further reading

• “yerto”, 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