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

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