Usage Note
Yerno refers specifically to the husband of one's daughter. The female counterpart is nuera (daughter-in-law), so a couple's children's spouses are los yernos y las nueras. The word descends from Latin gener.
Examples
"Mi yerno trabaja en Madrid."
Natural Translation
My son-in-law works in Madrid.

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