"yo" meaning in Spanish

See yo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʝo/, [ˈɟ͡ʝo], /ˈʝo/ (note: everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay), [ˈɟ͡ʝo] (note: everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay), /ˈʃo/ (note: Buenos Aires and environs), [ˈʃo] (note: Buenos Aires and environs), /ˈʒo/ (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay), [ˈʒo] (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Forms: yos [plural], yoes [plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: From Old Spanish yo, from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|osp|yo}} Old Spanish yo, {{inh|es|LL.|eo|id=I}} Late Latin eo, {{inh|es|CL.|egō̆}} Classical Latin egō̆ Head templates: {{es-noun|m|+|pl2=yoes}} yo m (plural yos or yoes)
  1. (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-yo-es-noun-vtECJaI8 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈʝo/, [ˈɟ͡ʝo], /ˈʝo/ (note: everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay), [ˈɟ͡ʝo] (note: everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay), /ˈʃo/ (note: Buenos Aires and environs), [ˈʃo] (note: Buenos Aires and environs), /ˈʒo/ (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay), [ˈʒo] (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
Rhymes: -o Etymology: From Old Spanish yo, from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|osp|yo}} Old Spanish yo, {{inh|es|LL.|eo|id=I}} Late Latin eo, {{inh|es|CL.|egō̆}} Classical Latin egō̆ Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun}} yo
  1. first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I Derived forms: ocho con yo, otro yo, qué sé yo, yo que tú
    Sense id: en-yo-es-pron-y4LwIZtY Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish nouns with multiple plurals, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with multiple plurals: 26 74 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 29 71 Related terms: me, mí1, nosotros, nos, nosotras, , te, ti1, vos, usted, le, se4, lo, la5, vosotros, os, vosotras, ustedes, les, los, las5, él, ella, la, ello7, ello, ellos, ellas, las, , se, sí1, Not used with con, conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively, Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown, when the subject is plural and of mixed gender, Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity, If le, les precedes lo, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (english: e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije), Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to, Used primarily in Spain, Used only in rare circumstances

Inflected forms

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      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
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      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
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      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
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      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
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      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
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      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
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      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
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      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
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      "word": "ello"
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      "word": "sí1"
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      "word": "conmigo"
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      "word": "contigo"
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      "word": "respectively"
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    {
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      "ipa": "[ˈɟ͡ʝo]"
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      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
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      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
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      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
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      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
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      "ipa": "[ˈɟ͡ʝo]"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝo/",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɟ͡ʝo]",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃo/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃo]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʒo/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʒo]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yo"
}

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