Yo
English
Pronunciation
Interjection
Yo
- (slang) A greeting similar to hi.
- Yo Paulie! How's it going?
- (slang) An interjection similar to hey.
- Yo, check this out!
- (military slang) Present! Here!
- Sergeant: Smith? Private Smith: Yo!
Contraction
Yo
- (African American Vernacular) contraction of you and are
- Yo a fool.
Pronoun
Yo
- (colloquial) shortened form of your.
- Yo sandwich only has bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
- (Baltimore) third-person singular, familiar
- Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (Stotko and Troyer 2007)
Synonyms
- (greeting): hey, hi; see also Category:Greetings
- (interjection): hey
Anagrams
Amuzgo
Adjective
Yo
Haitian Creole
Article
Yo pl.
Notes
This word is only used in its article sense when it modifies a plural noun.
See also
- a
- an
- la
- lan
- nan
- sa a (emphatic value)
- yon (indef. art.)
Pronoun
Yo
Japanese
Syllable
Yo
Romaji
yo (よ)
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Ladino
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eo < Latin ego.
Pronoun
Yo (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ייו)
Lingala
Yo
Pronoun
Yo
- The second-person singular pronoun; you.
Mandarin
Pinyin
Pinyin syllable
yo
- Nonstandard spelling of yō.
Notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the 4 critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin eo < Latin ego; akin to Greek εγώ, Sanskrit aham.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
yo
- First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case. I.
See also
First person: Second person: |
Third person: Demonstrative: |
Usage notes
- When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun yo at first; it must be the last one, and tú must be said after absent (this applies also for ti and mí):
- Iremos Rosa, tú y yo, "Rosa, you and I will go"
Noun
Yo m. (plural Yos)
- In psychoanalysis, Freud's concept of the ego.
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