yantar

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *jantāre (“to eat lunch”), from Latin ientāre, present active infinitive of ientō (“I breakfast”). See iēntāculum (“the first meal of the day”). Compare Portuguese jantar

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʝanˈtaɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝanˈtaɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃanˈtaɾ/ [ʃãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒanˈtaɾ/ [ʒãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Noun

yantar m (plural yantares)

1. (archaic) food

Verb

1. (archaic) to lunch, dine (eat lunch)
2. (archaic) to eat