ayo
Spanish, noun/ˈaʝo/
ayo is spelled A-Y-O (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ayo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “person who takes care of children, tutor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona encargada del cuidado y educación de los niños en los hogares pudientes”.
What does ayo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperson who takes care of children, tutor
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona encargada del cuidado y educación de los niños en los hogares pudientes.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ayo
- ayos plural
- aya feminine
- ayas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ayo?
- /ˈaʝo/
- [ˈa.ʝo]
- [ˈaʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ayo in Spanish?
ayo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).