y/o
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "yo"
English
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- Abbreviation of year(s) old; also yo, y.o.
- (knitting) Abbreviation of yarnover.
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- y/u (used before words beginning with an ‘o’ sound)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]- The Royal Spanish Academy advises against the use of this formula unless it is necessary to avoid ambiguity in very technical contexts since the conjunction o can express both values together.
Further reading
[edit]- “y” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN