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When I cite a piece with two authors, LaTeX does something like (Author1 and Author2, 2018). I want to change the "and" to "y", so that the citation call-out becomes something like (Author1 y Author2).

I'm using the natbib citation management package and the apalike bibliography style, and babel for the Spanish language.

Mico
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    Welcome to TeX SX! Would you consider loading ``biblatex-apainstead? This should be automatic withbiblatex`. – Bernard Sep 07 '18 at 22:48
  • Thanks for your answer, I could solve it keeping natbib, I have just posted down the answer – Diego Quintero Sep 08 '18 at 01:24
  • (+1) Fine! Note however customising biblatex is usually much easier than customising a .bst file (it's LaTeX syntax). – Bernard Sep 08 '18 at 01:32
  • Thanks!, I'll try biblatex later. How can you write "biblatex" on that way?, I mean inside that gray square – Diego Quintero Sep 08 '18 at 02:07
  • @Bernard - The steps involved in customizing a bst file can range from the nearly trivial to the nearly infeasible (even for a BibTeX expert...). The complexity really depends on the intended customization. In the case of the OP's query, I'd say the customization complexity is close to trivial -- the more so since the OP located an earlier posting that involved the exact same customization, except for the minor fact that the language-specific conjunction is now y rather than i. – Mico Sep 08 '18 at 08:14

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I solved it!!

The answer is based on the following query: Change citation conjunction from “and” to “i”

I copied the system file apalike.bst to the file apaesp.bst. Then, in the apaesp.bst file, I changed all instances of " and " to " y ". I also changed things like "Technical Report", "In", etc to Spanish.

Finally I modified the \bibliographystyle instruction to this:

 \bibliographystyle{apaesp}
Mico
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