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): (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)
- stiff; rigid
Related terms
- erecto
Further reading
- “yerto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014