ayuso

See also: Ayuso

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ad deorsum (downwards).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈjuzo/

Adverb

ayuso

  1. down, downwards
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r.
      Sant peẏdro fo ṕdicar en roma. e por occaſió de ſimó magus el encantador. nero el enp̲ador fizolo meter en .+. dela cabeça aẏuſo e delos pies aſuſo.
      Saint Peter went to Rome to preach, and because of Simon Magus the sorcerer Nero the emperor had him put on a cross with his head down and his feet up.

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Spanish: ayuso

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish ayuso, from Latin ad deorsum.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝuso/ [aˈʝu.so]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃuso/ [aˈʃu.so]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒuso/ [aˈʒu.so]

  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Syllabification: a‧yu‧so

Adverb

ayuso

  1. (obsolete) down
    Synonyms: abajo, (obsolete) yuso

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