yerno

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish yerno, from Latin generum, accusative singular of gener (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeɾno/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.no]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeɾno/ [ˈʃeɾ.no]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeɾno/ [ˈʒeɾ.no]

Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -eɾno
Syllabification: yer‧no

Noun

yerno m (plural yernos, feminine nuera, feminine plural nueras)

son-in-law

Derived terms

abyerno (“great-grandchild/son-in-law”)
proyerno (“grandchild/son-in-law”)

See also

nuera f
suegro m

Further reading

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

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