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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeɾma/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeɾma/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeɾma/
- Rhymes: -eɾma
- Syllabification: yer‧ma
Etymology 1
Adjective
yerma
- feminine singular of yermo
Etymology 2
Verb
yerma
- inflection of yermar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative