uy
Spanish, interjection/ˈui/
uy is spelled U-Y (2 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uy is a Spanish interjection meaning “alternative spelling of huy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grafía alternativa de huy”.
What does uy mean in English?
interjection
- 1
alternative spelling of huy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Grafía alternativa de huy.
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.
How do you pronounce uy?
- /ˈui/
- [ˈui̯]
- [ˈuj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uy in Spanish?
uy appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).