yerno

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish yerno, from Latin generum (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɾno/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.no]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɾno/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.no] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɾno/ [ˈʃeɾ.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒeɾno/ [ˈʒeɾ.no] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -eɾno
• Syllabification: yer‧no

Noun

yerno m (plural yernos, feminine nuera, feminine plural nueras)

1. son-in-law

Derived terms

• abyerno (“great-grandchild/son-in-law”)
• proyerno (“grandchild/son-in-law”)

See also

• nuera f
• suegro m

Further reading

• “yerno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025