yoyega

Spanish

Etymology

From a vesre form of gallego.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝoˈʝeɡa/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈʝe.ɣ̞a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝoˈʝeɡa/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈʝe.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoˈʃeɡa/ [ʃoˈʃe.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoˈʒeɡa/ [ʒoˈʒe.ɣ̞a]

• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: yo‧ye‧ga

Noun

yoyega m (plural yoyegas)

1. (vesre) Galician
2. (vesre, by extension) Spaniard or Latin American of direct Spanish descent