yermo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeɾmo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeɾmo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeɾmo/

  • 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

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