ayer

See also: Ayer

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish ayer (“yesterday”).

Adverb

ayer

1. yesterday

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Ladino

Adverb

1. yesterday

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Spanish

Etymology

From older yer, from Latin herī, from Proto-Italic *hezī, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyes-. Alternatively from Latin ad herī

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /aˈʝeɾ/ [aˈʝeɾ]

• 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):

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Adverb

ayer

1. yesterday

Noun

ayer m (plural ayeres)

1. yesterday
2. (figuratively) days gone by; yesteryear; the past

Related terms

• hier
• anteayer, antehier, antier, antes de ayer
• trasanteayer
• transantehier

Descendants

• Papiamentu: ayera

See also

• mañana

Anagrams

• raye

Further reading

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