What does «yerto» mean in Spanish?
- The term is used to describe a living being, or any part of its body, that has become stiffened by cold or strong emotion, and also a corpse or other object in which the same effect is produced.
Examples of use in Spanish: "el cadáver ya estaba yerto".
"Me quedé absorto, yerto, por decirlo así, por largo tiempo".
"un cuerpo yerto flotaba en el río".
- Stiff, rigid, immobile.