yerno
Spanish, noun/ˈʝeɾno/
yerno is spelled Y-E-R-N-O (5 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,558th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yerno is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “son-in-law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Respecto de alguien, el marido de su hija o hijo”.
What does yerno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineson-in-law
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Respecto de alguien, el marido de su hija o hijo. 2. Por extensión, el novio de su hija o hijo.
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 yerno
- yernos plural
- nuera feminine
- nueras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yerno?
- /ˈʝeɾno/
- [ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.no]
- [ˈʝeɾno]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is yerno in Spanish?
yerno appears 3.5 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).