yacer
Spanish, verb/ʝaˈθeɾ/
yacer is spelled Y-A-C-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 71,694th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yacer is a Spanish verb meaning “to lie; to recline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estar en posición horizontal o supina”.
What does yacer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lie; to recline
- 2
archaicvulgarto have sex, to fuck
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estar en posición horizontal o supina 2. Por extensión, estar en algún sitio determinado 3. Eufemísticamente, tener relaciones sexuales 4. Dicho de un animal, pastar por la noche
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 yacer
- yazco first-person present singular
- yazgo first-person present singular
- yago first-person present singular
- yací first-person preterite singular
- yacido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- yaciendo gerund
- yacida feminine participle past
- yacidos masculine participle past
- yacidas feminine participle past
- yaces indicative informal present
- yacés indicative informal present
- yace indicative present singular
- yacemos first-person indicative plural
- yacéis indicative plural present
- yacen indicative plural present
- yacía first-person imperfect indicative
- yacías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yacer?
- /ʝaˈθeɾ/
- [ɟ͡ʝaˈθeɾ]
- /ʝaˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to yacer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is yacer in Spanish?
yacer appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).