ayuno

ayuno

1. first-person singular present indicative of ayunar

• IPA^(key): /aˈɟ͡ʝuno/, [aˈʝuno]

From Old Spanish ayuno, from a Vulgar Latin *aiūnus < *iaiūnus, jajūnus, from Latin iēiūnus, from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”).

ayuno (feminine singular ayuna, masculine plural ayunos, feminine plural ayunas)

1. fasting (not having eaten)

From the above, or from Latin ieiūnium (through a similar Vulgar Latin intermediate). Doublet of the borrowed yeyuno.

ayuno m (plural ayunos)

1. fast (time without eating)

• ayunar
• en ayunas

ayuno

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ayunar.

Borrowed from Spanish ayuno.

ayuno

1. to fast; to abstain from food and drink

• pag-aayuno