yaciente

yaciente

Spanish

Etymology

Present participle of yacer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ʝaˈθjente/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈθjẽn̪.t̪e]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ʝaˈsjente/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈsjẽn̪.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ʝaˈsjente/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈsjẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˈsjente/ [ʃaˈsjẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˈsjente/ [ʒaˈsjẽn̪.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ya‧cien‧te

Adjective

yaciente (plural yacientes)

1. lying; laying down

Further reading

• “yaciente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014