yeyé

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English yeah-yeah. Compare to go-go, of contemporary coinage.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝeˈʝe/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈʝe]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃeˈʃe/ [ʃeˈʃe]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒeˈʒe/ [ʒeˈʒe]

Rhymes: -e
Syllabification: ye‧yé

Noun[edit]

yeyé m (plural yeyés)

yé-yé

Further reading[edit]

“yeyé”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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