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y.

The twenty-sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ye or i griega and written in the Latin script.

1 character1 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

character/ʝ/phoneme/i/phoneme/ˈʝe/letter, name[ˈɟ͡ʝe]letter, name

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ye or i griega and written in the Latin script.

    letter · lowercase
conj/i/[i][ʝ̞]

  1. and

    jamon y queso

  2. and

    setenta y seis

  3. plus, and

    uno y uno son dos

  4. well

    informal
    ¡Y por supuesto!

  5. what about, how about, and, where is/are the

    informal
    Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos?
    ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo?
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish é or e, from Latin et.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.