yeyo
English
editNoun
edityeyo (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of yayo
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 501:
- I just say lemon, or yeyo, or weasel dust or big C, or just fucking cocaine.
Spanish
editEtymology
editDialectal variant of desmayo (“faint, swoon”)
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -eʝo
- Syllabification: ye‧yo
Noun
edityeyo m (plural yeyos)
Further reading
edit- “yeyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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