yacente
Spanish, adjective/ʝaˈθente/
yacente is spelled Y-A-C-E-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yacente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “lying, recumbent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que yace”.
What does yacente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinelying, recumbent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que yace.
noun: 1. Cara inferior de un criadero.
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 yacente
- yacentes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yacente?
- /ʝaˈθente/
- [ɟ͡ʝaˈθẽn̪.t̪e]
- /ʝaˈsente/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to yacente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is yacente in Spanish?
yacente appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).