yayo
Spanish, noun/ˈʝaʝo/
yayo is spelled Y-A-Y-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yayo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “grandpa, pops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Padre de la madre o del padre de alguien”.
What does yayo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spaininformalmasculinegrandpa, pops
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Padre de la madre o del padre de alguien.
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 yayo
- yayos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yayo?
- /ˈʝaʝo/
- [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ʝo]
- [ˈʝaʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to yayo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is yayo in Spanish?
yayo 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).