yo
Spanish, pronoun/ˈʝo/
yo is spelled Y-O (2 letters) and appears 1,950 times per million words in written Spanish, the 39th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yo is a Spanish pronoun meaning “first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Úsase para designar al hablante o enunciador como sujeto de la frase”.
What does yo mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I
Yo como carne.
noun
- 1
masculineFreud's concept of the ego
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Úsase para designar al hablante o enunciador como sujeto de la frase.
noun: 1. Conciencia de la persona humana, en especial en cuanto es capaz de percibir la realidad.
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 yo
- yos plural
- yoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yo?
- /ˈʝo/
- [ˈɟ͡ʝo]
- [ˈʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to yo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is yo in Spanish?
yo appears 1,950 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).