and

y

and(ahnd)

conjunction

1. (general)

a. y

I'm going to the beach with my sister and my brother.

Voy a la playa con mi hermana y mi hermano.

b. e (before -i or -hi)

Maria and Isabelle had lunch together last week.

María e Isabelle almorzaron juntas la semana pasada.

and

conjunction

1. (in general)

a. y

2. (before i, hi)

a. e

she can read and writesabe leer y escribir

father and sonpadre e hijo

my father and brothermi padre y mi hermano

chicken and chipspollo con patatas fritas

go and look for itve a buscarlo

come and see meven a verme

try and help meintenta ayudarme

wait and seeespera a ver

nice and warmbien calentito(a)

do that again and I'll hit you!como lo vuelvas a hacer, te pego

3. (in numbers)

a.

two hundred and twodoscientos dos

four and a halfcuatro y medio

an hour and twenty minutesuna hora y veinte minutos

four and five make ninecuatro y cinco, nueve

4. (expressing repetition)

a.

hours and hourshoras y horas

better and bettercada vez mejor

she talked and talkedno paraba de hablar

and so on and so forthetcétera, etcétera

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conjunction

1 y; (before i-, hi- but not hie-) e

you and me tú y yo; French and English francés e inglés; and? ¿y?; ¿y qué más?; and how! ¡y (no veas) cómo!

"Does that mean your family sometimes get in the way of your work?" "And how!" In any case, getting back to Rome was now a problem. And how! To start with, our civilization is older than yours. And how! We've been around since the beginning of recorded time

and/or y/o

2

better and better cada vez mejor; more and more cada vez más; more and more difficult cada vez más difícil

Life is supposed to get easier as you get older, but I find it just gets more and more difficult

3 (in numbers)

one and a half uno y medio; a hundred and one ciento uno; two hundred and ten doscientos diez; five hours and 20 minutes cinco horas y 20 minutos; ten dollars and 50 cents diez dólares y or con 50 centavos

4 (negative sense) ni

without shoes and socks sin zapatos ni calcetines; you can't buy and sell here aquí no se permite comprar ni vender

5 (repetition, continuation)

she cried and cried no dejaba de llorar; lloraba sin parar; I rang and rang llamé muchas veces; he talked and talked habló sin parar or cesar; (LAm)

6 (before infin)

try and do it trata de hacerlo; please try and come! ¡procura venir!; wait and see espera y verás; come and see me ven a verme

7 (implying a distinction)

there are lawyers and lawyers! hay abogados y abogados

8 (implying a conditional)

one move and you're dead! ¡como te muevas disparo!; ¡un solo movimiento y disparo!

Flee and you are lost

In order to avoid two "i" sounds coming together, and is translated by e not y before words beginning with i and hi and before the letter y used on its own:

... Spain and Italy ... ... España e Italia ...

... grapes and figs ... ... uvas e higos ...

... words ending in S and Y ... ... palabras terminadas en S e Y ...

Words beginning with hie are preceded by y, since hie is not pronounced "i":

... coal and iron mines ... ... minas de carbón y hierro ...