yermo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • 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
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

yermo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of yermar

Further reading

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