nuera

See also: ñuera

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñuera

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Noun

nuera f (plural nueres)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• xenru

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnweɾa/

Noun

nuera f (plural nueras)

1. daughter-in-law
   • c1200: Alemeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6r. a.

     E iudas fue veer ſos ganados cõ un ſo amygo. e dyxierõlo atamar ſu nuera.

     And Judah went to see his cattle with a friend of his and they informed Tamar, his daughter-in-law.

   • Idem, f. 6r. b.

     Acabo de .iij. meſes. dyxierõ le aiuda q̃ su nuera tamar era p̃nada.

     After three months they told Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, was pregnant.

Descendants

• Spanish: nuera

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish nuera, from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnweɾa/ [ˈnwe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: nue‧ra

Noun

nuera f (plural nueras, masculine yerno, masculine plural yernos)

1. daughter-in-law

Derived terms

• pronuera (“stepgranddaughter”)

See also

• yerno m
• suegro m

Further reading

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