y

What does “y” mean in English?

1. and

   and (joining nouns, adjectives, or verbs)

Example sentences

• Me gusta el café y el té.

  I like coffee and tea.

• Ella es inteligente y simpática.

  She is intelligent and nice.

• Trabajo y estudio todos los días.

  I work and study every day.

How to use it

y means 'and' and is used to connect two nouns, adjectives, verbs, or clauses of equal weight — exactly as in English. One phonological rule to learn: y changes to e before a word that starts with the sound /i/ (spelled i or hi), to avoid two vowel sounds clashing: padre e hijo (father and son), not padre y hijo.