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]

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

• 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

• →? Basque: erru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

yerro

1. first-person singular present indicative of errar

Further reading

• “yerro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16