yeísmo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish ye

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

Spanish -ismo

Spanish yeísmo

From ye + -ismo.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈismo/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈiz.mo]

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈismo/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈiz.mo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈismo/ [ʃeˈiz.mo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈismo/ [ʒeˈiz.mo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ye‧ís‧mo

Noun

yeísmo m (uncountable)

1. the merging of the sounds represented by the letter elle ("ll") and the letter ye ("y")

   Antonyms: lleísmo, zheísmo, sheísmo

Related terms

• yeísta

See also

• Wiktionary:Spanish pronunciation

Further reading

• “yeísmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025