ayuno

See also: ayunó

Asturian

Verb

ayuno

1. first-person singular present indicative of ayunar

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ayuno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈjuno/ [ʔaˈju.n̪o]
• Hyphenation: a‧yu‧no

Noun

ayúno (Basahan spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜈᜓ)

1. fasting

Derived terms

• mag-ayuno

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ayuno (“fasting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝuno/, [aˈʝu.no]
• Hyphenation: a‧yu‧no

Noun

ayuno

1. fasting

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝuno/ [aˈʝu.no]

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝuno/ [aˈʝu.no] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /aˈʃuno/ [aˈʃu.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʒuno/ [aˈʒu.no] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /aˈjuno/ [aˈju.no] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: a‧yu‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited 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”).

Adjective

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

1. fasting (not having eaten)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 1:

     La causa por que el Alicanto no puede volar, no reside en sus alas, que son perfectamente normales, sino en su buche, por la pesadez de los alimentos que ingiere. Cuando está ayuno, corre con mucha ligereza; después de harto, se mueve muy lentamente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ayuno m (plural ayunos)

1. fast (time without eating)

Derived terms

• ayuno intermitente

Related terms

• ayunar
• en ayunas
• en ayuno

Etymology 3

Verb

ayuno

1. first-person singular present indicative of ayunar

Further reading

• “ayuno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ayuno, from a Vulgar Latin *aiūnus < *iaiūnus, jajūnus, from Latin iēiūnus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈjuno/ [ʔɐˈjuː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: a‧yu‧no

Noun

ayuno (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜈᜓ)

1. fasting (abstinence from food)
   • 1988, “Pagmamasid sa Daigdig”, in Gumising!‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 September 2020:

     Natutuklasan ng mga pamilyang Aleman ang mga pakinabang ng tinatawag na ayuno sa panonood ng TV.

     German families are discovering the advantages of so-called TV-fasting.

   • 1999, 中英韓菲對照論語‎^[2], 溫哥華孔學出版社, page 7:

     Ang ayuno ay nagsisimula sa pagligo , pagsuot ng simpleng damit , pagkain ng gulay at pagpasok sa tanging silid para sa ayuno, at pagpapagaling sa pagkakasakit.

     Fasting starts on bathing, wearing simple clothes, eating vegetables and entering one's own room for fasting, and healing sickness.

Derived terms

• ipag-ayuno
• mag-ayuno
• pag-aayuno
• papag-ayunuhin

Related terms

• ayunal
• des-ayuno

Further reading

• “ayuno”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018