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yacer

to lie

verb yah-SEHR Rare

Also means

to be situated

Usage Note

Yacer is a literary or formal verb meaning to lie (be in a lying position, especially of the dead). It appears on tombstone inscriptions: Aquí yace (Here lies). In everyday speech, estar tumbado or estar acostado are used instead. Yacer is irregular: the first-person singular present is yazco (or yago/yazgo).

Examples

"El héroe yace enterrado en esta colina."

Natural Translation

The hero lies buried on this hill.

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