yuso

See also: yusō

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• yus (apocopic)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin iūsum~iōsum, from Classical Latin deorsum. Attested from AD 935.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuzo/

Adverb

yuso

1. down

   Antonym: suso

Preposition

yuso

1. below

Derived terms

• ayuso
• yusano

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1991), “yuso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 24

Further reading

• “yuso”, 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

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝuso/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.so]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝuso/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.so] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuso/ [ˈʃu.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒuso/ [ˈʒu.so] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -uso
• Syllabification: yu‧so

Adverb

yuso

1. (obsolete) synonym of abajo

   Synonym: ayuso (obsolete)

   Antonyms: arriba, suso (uncommon)

Further reading

•  “yuso”, 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