ayer

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• ayere (Benasquese, Chistau)
• ahier

Etymology

Akin to Spanish ayer, from Latin herī.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

ayer

1. yesterday

   Synonym: ixotrodía

References

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

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ayer (“yesterday”).

Adverb

ayer

1. yesterday

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈajər/ [ˈa.jər]
• Rhymes: -ajər
• Syllabification: a‧yer

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Karo Batak [Term?]

Noun

ayer (plural ayer-ayer)

1. soda, carbonated water

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦪꦼꦂ (ayer, “standing upright, foreman, worker supervisor”).

Noun

ayer (plural ayer-ayer)

1. foreman, supervisor in mutual cooperation

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].

Verb

ayer

1. to have diarrhea

Adverb

ayer

1. continuously

Further reading

• “ayer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

ayer

1. romanization of ꦲꦪꦼꦂ

Ladino

Etymology

Compare Spanish ayer.

Adverb

ayer

1. yesterday

Malay

Noun

ayer (Jawi spelling اٴير, plural ayer-ayer)

1. (1924-1972) obsolete spelling of air

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝeɾ/ [aˈʝeɾ]

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

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: a‧yer

Adverb

ayer

1. yesterday

   Antonym: mañana

Noun

ayer m (plural ayeres)

1. yesterday
2. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• raye