yacer
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish yazer, inherited from Latin iacēre, iaceō, from Proto-Italic *jakēō. Cognate with French gésir, Italian giacere, Portuguese jazer, Catalan jeure. Compare English gist and joist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ʝaˈθeɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ʝaˈseɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈseɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˈseɾ/ [ʃaˈseɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˈseɾ/ [ʒaˈseɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ya‧cer
Verb
yacer (first-person singular present yazco or yazgo or yago, first-person singular preterite yací, past participle yacido)
- to lie; to recline
- Synonym: reposar, Synonym: recostar
Conjugation
Conjugation of yacer (irregular; c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | yacer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | yaciendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | yacido | yacida | |||||
| plural | yacidos | yacidas | |||||
| 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 | yazco, yazgo, yago | yacestú yacésvos | yace | yacemos | yacéis | yacen | |
| imperfect | yacía | yacías | yacía | yacíamos | yacíais | yacían | |
| preterite | yací | yaciste | yació | yacimos | yacisteis | yacieron | |
| future | yaceré | yacerás | yacerá | yaceremos | yaceréis | yacerán | |
| conditional | yacería | yacerías | yacería | yaceríamos | yaceríais | yacerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | yazca, yazga, yaga | yazcas, yazgas, yagastú yazcás, yazgás, yagásvos2 | yazca, yazga, yaga | yazcamos, yazgamos, yagamos | yazcáis, yazgáis, yagáis | yazcan, yazgan, yagan | |
| imperfect (ra) | yaciera | yacieras | yaciera | yaciéramos | yacierais | yacieran | |
| imperfect (se) | yaciese | yacieses | yaciese | yaciésemos | yacieseis | yaciesen | |
| future1 | yaciere | yacieres | yaciere | yaciéremos | yaciereis | yacieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | yace, yaztú yacévos | yazca, yazga, yaga | yazcamos, yazgamos, yagamos | yaced | yazcan, yazgan, yagan | ||
| negative | no yazcas, no yazgas, no yagas | no yazca, no yazga, no yaga | no yazcamos, no yazgamos, no yagamos | no yazcáis, no yazgáis, no yagáis | no yazcan, no yazgan, no yagan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- yacimiento
Further reading
- “yacer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014