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y

Spanish, conjunction

y is spelled Y (one letter) and appears 27,542 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Y is a Spanish conjunction meaning “and” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Y is a different word: “The twenty-sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunción copulativa que concluye una enumeración”.

What does y mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

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

conjunction

  1. 1

    and

    jamon y queso

  2. 2

    and

    setenta y seis

  3. 3

    plus, and

    uno y uno son dos

  4. 4

    informalwell

    ¡Y por supuesto!

  5. 5

    informalwhat about, how about, and, where is/are the

    Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos?

letter

as Y
  1. 1

    The twenty-sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

letter: 1. Vigesimosexta letra del alfabeto español y vigésima consonante. Su nombre es ye o i griega.

conjunction: 1. Conjunción copulativa que concluye una enumeración. 2. Al principio de una frase intensifica lo dicho a continuación. 3. Iniciando una frase interrogativa equivale a "qué pasó con" o cuando se quiere saber acerca de una persona.

adverb: 1. Allí (indica un lugar relativamente cercano al hablante).

letter: 1. Vigesimosexta letra del alfabeto español y vigésima consonante. Su nombre correcto es ye.

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 y

  • Y uppercase
  • e alternative
  • i alternative obsolete
  • et alternative obsolete
  • y lowercase

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to y

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is y in Spanish?

y appears 27,542 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).

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