yo

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊ

Interjection

yo

1. Template:slang A greeting similar to hi.

   Yo Paulie! How's it going?

2. Template:slang An interjection similar to hey.

   Yo, check this out!

3. (military slang) Present!

   Sergeant: Smith? Private Smith: Yo!

Translations

greeting

• Finnish: Mo!
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• hey
• hi
• hello
• Category:Greetings

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Adjective

yo

1. with

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Japanese

Romaji

yo (よ)

1. よ: sentence emphasis particle
2. 余: over, more than

1. (deprecated template usage) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Lingala

(deprecated template usage) yo

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) yo

1. The second person singular pronoun; you.

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Mandarin

Pinyin

1. 哟, 喲: ah, final particle

Pinyin syllable

yo

1. An incorrect transliteration of yō.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Spanish

Etymology

Vulgar Latin eo < Latin ego; akin to Greek εγώ, Sanskrit aham

Pronoun

yo

1. First person singular pronoun in the nominative case. I.

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí1
	plural	masculine2		nosotros	nos		nosotros
		feminine		nosotras			nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti1
		voseo		vos			vos
		formal3		usted	le, se4	lo/la5	usted
	plural	familiar6	masculine2	vosotros	os		vosotros
			feminine	vosotras			vosotras
		formal/general3		ustedes	les, se4	los/las5	ustedes
third person	singular	masculine2		él	le, se4	lo	él
		feminine		ella		la	ella
		neuter		ello7		lo	ello
	plural	masculine2		ellos	les, se4	los	ellos
		feminine		ellas		las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí1

1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
6. Used primarily in Spain
7. Used only in rare circumstances

Noun

yo

1. In psychoanalysis, Freud's concept of the ego.