y

=

and

Inglés a español
Español a inglés

conjunction

e is used instead of y before words beginning with i or hi (e.g. Pérez e hijos Perez and Sons).

1. and (en general)

un ordenador y una impresora -> a computer and a printer
horas y horas de espera -> hours and hours of waiting

2. what about (en preguntas)

¿y tu mujer? -> what about your wife?

y [yay, ee gre-ay’-gah]

noun

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Castilian alphabet, stands as a vowel and a consonant. (f)

Y -> when alone, or after a vowel, or followed by a consonant, or at the end of a word, is a vowel, and sounds as e or ee in English: Hoy y mañana (today and tomorrow), o’-e ee mah-nyah’-nah
Y -> before a vowel in the same syllable, or between two vowels in the same word, is a consonant, and sounds like the English y in the words yard, yell, you

conjunction

1. And.

¿Y tú, dónde has estado -> and you, where have you been
¿ Y bien -> and well then
Alfonso -> Fernando y Manuel, Alphonsus, Ferdinand, and Emmanuel
Padre e hijo -> father and son

It is frequently used in interrogatives, or by way of a reply; as ¿Y tú, no haces lo mismo? and you, do you not do the same? When the conjunction y is followed by a word beginning with i or hi, the conjunction e is used instead; as, Sabiduría e ignorancia, wisdom and ignorance.

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