yermo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɾmo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.mo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɾmo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.mo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɾmo/ [ˈʃeɾ.mo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒeɾmo/ [ˈʒeɾ.mo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -eɾmo
• Syllabification: yer‧mo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin erĕmus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos), ἔρημος (érēmos, “lonely, solitary, desert, waste”).

Noun

yermo m (plural yermos)

1. wasteland

   Synonym: baldío

Adjective

yermo (feminine yerma, masculine plural yermos, feminine plural yermas)

1. barren; deserted

Related terms

• yermar

See also

• desierto
• páramo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

yermo

1. first-person singular present indicative of yermar

Further reading

• “yermo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025