yacer

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin jacēre, iacēre, present active infinitive of iaceō, from Proto-Italic *jakēō. Cognate with French gésir, Italian giacere, Portuguese jazer. Compare English gist and joist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ʝaˈθeɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ʝaˈseɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈseɾ]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ʃaˈseɾ/ [ʃaˈseɾ]

• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˈseɾ/ [ʃaˈseɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˈseɾ/ [ʒaˈseɾ]

Verb

1. to lie; to recline

   Synonym: reposar

Derived terms

• yacimiento

Further reading

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