ayuso

ayuso

See also: Ayuso

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ad deorsum (“downwards”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈjuzo/

Adverb

ayuso

1. down, downwards
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r.

     Sant peẏdro fo ṕdicar en roma. e por occaſió de ſimó magus el encantador. nero el enp̲ador fizolo meter en .+. dela cabeça aẏuſo e delos pies aſuſo.

     Saint Peter went to Rome to preach, and because of Simon Magus the sorcerer Nero the emperor had him put on a cross with his head down and his feet up.

Antonyms

• asuso

Descendants

• Spanish: ayuso

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish ayuso, from Latin ad deorsum.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝuso/ [aˈʝu.so]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝuso/ [aˈʝu.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃuso/ [aˈʃu.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒuso/ [aˈʒu.so]

• Rhymes: -uso
• Syllabification: a‧yu‧so

Adverb

ayuso

1. (obsolete) down

   Synonyms: abajo, (obsolete) yuso

Further reading

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