ayer

Aragonese

Alternative forms

ayere (Benasque, Chistau)
ahier

Etymology

Akin to Spanish ayer, from Latin herī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈʝe(ɾ)/
Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
Syllabification: a‧yer

Adverb

ayer

yesterday
Synonym: ixotrodía

References

“ayer”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ayer (“yesterday”).

Adverb

ayer

yesterday

Ladino

Etymology

Compare Spanish ayer.

Adverb

ayer (Latin spelling)

yesterday

Malay

Noun

ayer

Dated spelling of air. (used in place names)

Spanish

Etymology

From earlier yer, from Latin herī. Alternatively from Latin ab herī (“since yesterday”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝeɾ/ [aˈʝeɾ]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃeɾ/ [aˈʃeɾ]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒeɾ/ [aˈʒeɾ]

(Latin America)
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: a‧yer

Adverb

ayer

yesterday
Antonym: mañana

Noun

ayer m (plural ayeres)

yesterday
(figuratively) days gone by; yesteryear; the past
Synonym: antaño

Derived terms

anteayer, antehier, antier, antes de ayer
hier
no nací ayer
para ayer
transantehier
trasanteayer

Descendants

Chavacano: ayer
→ Papiamentu: ayera

See also

mañana

Further reading

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

Anagrams

raye

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