yantar
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *iantō, iantāre (“eat lunch”), from Latin iēntō, iēntāre. See iēntāculum (“the first meal of the day”).
Verb edit
yantar
- to eat, dine
- between 1140 and 1207, anonymous, Cid 1057:
- Con eſtos dos caual͠los a pͥeſſa va iãtando
(normalized) Con estos dos cavallos a priessa va jantando- With these two knights, he dines hastily
- Con eſtos dos caual͠los a pͥeſſa va iãtando
Noun edit
yantar f
- food (especially a lunch or banquet)
- 1236, Berceo, Vida de Santo Domingo de Silos :
- non vos menguará nunqua nin cena nin yantar
- He [Jesus] shall never reduce your dinner nor your lunch
- non vos menguará nunqua nin cena nin yantar
Descendants edit
- Spanish: yantar
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish yantar, from Vulgar Latin *iantāre (“to eat lunch”), from Latin iēntāre. See iēntāculum (“the first meal of the day”). Compare Portuguese jantar.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: yan‧tar
Verb edit
yantar (first-person singular present yanto, first-person singular preterite yanté, past participle yantado)
- (archaic) to lunch, dine (eat lunch)
- 1615, Cervantes, Don Quixote, 2nd part :
- Comed, amigo, y desayunaos con esta espuma, en tanto que se llega la hora del yantar.
- You can all eat, my friend, and break your fast with this broth, as we wait for the hour to lunch.
- Comed, amigo, y desayunaos con esta espuma, en tanto que se llega la hora del yantar.
- (archaic) to eat
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of yantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | yantar | ||||||
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gerund | yantando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | yantado | yantada | |||||
plural | yantados | yantadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | yanto | yantastú yantásvos |
yanta | yantamos | yantáis | yantan | |
imperfect | yantaba | yantabas | yantaba | yantábamos | yantabais | yantaban | |
preterite | yanté | yantaste | yantó | yantamos | yantasteis | yantaron | |
future | yantaré | yantarás | yantará | yantaremos | yantaréis | yantarán | |
conditional | yantaría | yantarías | yantaría | yantaríamos | yantaríais | yantarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | yante | yantestú yantésvos2 |
yante | yantemos | yantéis | yanten | |
imperfect (ra) |
yantara | yantaras | yantara | yantáramos | yantarais | yantaran | |
imperfect (se) |
yantase | yantases | yantase | yantásemos | yantaseis | yantasen | |
future1 | yantare | yantares | yantare | yantáremos | yantareis | yantaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | yantatú yantávos |
yante | yantemos | yantad | yanten | ||
negative | no yantes | no yante | no yantemos | no yantéis | no yanten |
Noun edit
yantar m (plural yantares)
Further reading edit
- “yantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014