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yo que tú

Spanish, phrase/ˌʝo ke ˈtu/

yo que tú is a Spanish phrase meaning “if I were you” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Manera de convencer a una persona explicando lo que otra podría hacer en su lugar”.

What does yo que tú mean in English?

phrase

  1. 1

    if I were you

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Manera de convencer a una persona explicando lo que otra podría hacer en su lugar.

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 yo que tú?

  • /ˌʝo ke ˈtu/
  • [ˌɟ͡ʝo ke ˈt̪u]
  • [ˈʝo ke ˈt̪u]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.