yerro

Old Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal from errar (“to err”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjero/

Noun

yerro m (plural yerros)

  1. error, blunder, transgression
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 11v:
      […] E dixo aſſi dizredes aioſep. Priegot q̃ perdones el ẏerro atos ermanos. e ſo peccado del mal quet fizierõ. Agora perdona a ſieruos del dios de to padre.
      “ […] and he said thus, ‘You shall say to Joseph: I beg you forgive the transgression of your brothers, and their sin of the wrong they did to you.’ Now, forgive the servants of the God of your father.”

Descendants

  • Ladino: yerro
  • Spanish: yerro

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈʝero/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ro] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃero/ [ˈʃe.ro] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒero/ [ˈʒe.ro] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: ye‧rro
  • Homophone: hierro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish yerro. Deverbal from errar.

Noun

yerro m (plural yerros)

  1. error, blunder
    Synonym: error
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

yerro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of errar

Further reading

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