ayer
Spanish, noun/aˈʝeɾ/
ayer is spelled A-Y-E-R (4 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written Spanish, the 704th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ayer is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “yesterday” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Día inmediatamente anterior al de hoy”.
What does ayer mean in English?
adverb
- 1
yesterday
noun
- 1
masculineyesterday
- 2
masculinedays gone by; yesteryear; the past
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Día inmediatamente anterior al de hoy. 2. Por extensión, época recientemente pasada. 3. Por extensión, época pasada cualquiera.
adverb: 1. En el día de ayer₁. 2. Por extensión, en el pasado reciente. 3. Por extensión, en el pasado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ayer
- ahier alternative
- ayeres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ayer?
- /aˈʝeɾ/
- [aˈʝeɾ]
- [aˈʃeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ayer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ayer in Spanish?
ayer appears 123 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).