yuyu
Spanish, noun/ˈʝuʝu/
yuyu is spelled Y-U-Y-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yuyu is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the creeps, the heeby-jeebies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Miedo, aprensión. Especialmente el provocado por razones supersticiosas”.
What does yuyu mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinethe creeps, the heeby-jeebies
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Miedo, aprensión. Especialmente el provocado por razones supersticiosas. 2. Ciertas prácticas mágico-religiosas de la religión tradicional del África Occidental. 3. Una lengua aborigen australiana hoy extinta.
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 yuyu?
- /ˈʝuʝu/
- [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ʝu]
- [ˈʝuʝu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is yuyu in Spanish?
yuyu appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).