yermo

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

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)

wasteland

Adjective

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

barren; deserted

Related terms

yermar

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

yermo

first-person singular present indicative of yermar

Further reading

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

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