yacer

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish yazer, inherited from Latin iacēre, iaceō, from Proto-Italic *jakēō. Cognate with French gésir, Italian giacere, Portuguese jazer, Catalan jeure. Compare English gist and joist.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ʝaˈθeɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈθeɾ]
 
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ʝaˈseɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈseɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˈseɾ/ [ʃaˈseɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˈseɾ/ [ʒaˈseɾ]

  • Audio (Colombia)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: ya‧cer

Verb

yacer (first-person singular present yazco or yazgo or yago, first-person singular preterite yací, past participle yacido)

  1. to lie; to recline
    Synonym: reposar, Synonym: recostar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of yacer (irregular; c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive yacer
gerund yaciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular yacido yacida
plural yacidos yacidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present yazco, yazgo, yago yacestú
yacésvos		 yace yacemos yacéis yacen
imperfect yacía yacías yacía yacíamos yacíais yacían
preterite yací yaciste yació yacimos yacisteis yacieron
future yaceré yacerás yacerá yaceremos yaceréis yacerán
conditional yacería yacerías yacería yaceríamos yaceríais yacerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present yazca, yazga, yaga yazcas, yazgas, yagastú
yazcás, yazgás, yagásvos2		 yazca, yazga, yaga yazcamos, yazgamos, yagamos yazcáis, yazgáis, yagáis yazcan, yazgan, yagan
imperfect
(ra)		 yaciera yacieras yaciera yaciéramos yacierais yacieran
imperfect
(se)		 yaciese yacieses yaciese yaciésemos yacieseis yaciesen
future1 yaciere yacieres yaciere yaciéremos yaciereis yacieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative yace, yaztú
yacévos		 yazca, yazga, yaga yazcamos, yazgamos, yagamos yaced yazcan, yazgan, yagan
negative no yazcas, no yazgas, no yagas no yazca, no yazga, no yaga no yazcamos, no yazgamos, no yagamos no yazcáis, no yazgáis, no yagáis no yazcan, no yazgan, no yagan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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