ayer
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish ayer (“yesterday”).
Adverb
ayer
- yesterday
Ladino
Etymology
Compare Spanish ayer.
Adverb
ayer (Latin spelling)
- yesterday
Malay
Noun
ayer
- Archaic spelling of air, used in place names
Spanish
Etymology
From earlier yer, from Latin herī. Alternatively from Latin ab herī (“since yesterday”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝeɾ/ [aˈʝeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃeɾ/ [aˈʃeɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒeɾ/ [aˈʒeɾ]
Audio (Latin America) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: a‧yer
Adverb
ayer
- yesterday
Noun
ayer m (plural ayeres)
- yesterday
- (figuratively) days gone by; yesteryear; the past
Related terms
- hier
- anteayer, antehier, antier, antes de ayer
- no nací ayer
- trasanteayer
- transantehier
Descendants
- Chavacano: ayer
- → Papiamentu: ayera
See also
- mañana
Further reading
- “ayer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- raye