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  • 1.1 Phrase
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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: Appendix:Variations of "yo"

English

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Phrase

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y/o

1. Abbreviation of year(s) old; also yo, y.o.
2. (knitting) Abbreviation of yarnover.

Anagrams

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• oy

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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• y/u (used before words beginning with an ‘o’ sound)

Etymology

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Calque of English and/or.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /i o/ [i o]

Conjunction

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y/o

1. and/or

Usage notes

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• 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

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• “y”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

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