yacer

Inherited 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.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ʝaˈθeɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ʝaˈseɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈseɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ya‧cer

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

1. to lie; to recline

   Synonyms: reposar, recostar

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