yermar
Spanish, verb/ʝeɾˈmaɾ/
yermar is spelled Y-E-R-M-A-R (6 letters). Yermar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lay waste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dejar un terreno sin cultivar ni habitar”.
What does yermar mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto lay waste
- 2
obsoleteto leave fallow, to abandon as wasteland
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dejar un terreno sin cultivar ni habitar.
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 yermar
- yermo first-person present singular
- yermé first-person preterite singular
- yermado participle past
- yermando gerund
- yermada feminine participle past
- yermados masculine participle past
- yermadas feminine participle past
- yermas indicative informal present
- yermás indicative informal present
- yerma indicative present singular
- yermamos first-person indicative plural
- yermáis indicative plural present
- yerman indicative plural present
- yermaba first-person imperfect indicative
- yermabas imperfect indicative second-person
- yermábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- yermabais imperfect indicative plural
- yermaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yermar?
- /ʝeɾˈmaɾ/
- [ɟ͡ʝeɾˈmaɾ]
- [ʝeɾˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.