yerno

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish yerno, from Latin generum, accusative singular of gener (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɾno/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.no]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeɾno/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.no]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeɾno/ [ˈʃeɾ.no]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeɾno/ [ˈʒeɾ.no]

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• Rhymes: -eɾno

Noun

yerno m (plural yernos, feminine nuera, feminine plural nueras)

1. son-in-law

Derived terms

• proyerno (“grandchild/son-in-law”)
• abyerno (“great-grandchild/son-in-law”)

See also

• nuera f
• suegro m

Further reading

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