vós

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vos"

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vōs.

Pronoun

vós

1. you (subject pronoun: the group being addressed)

Synonyms

• vosotros masculine plural, vosotres feminine plural

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbos]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvos]
• Rhymes: -os

Pronoun

vós (strong)

1. you

Usage notes

• Vós is a polite form, used when addressing a single person. It is used with the second person plural form of the verb. (Compare the polite usage of vous in French.)

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

			strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
				proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
		majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
		formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
	3rd person	m	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
		f	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
		n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
	1st person		nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
		f	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive			si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial	ablative/genitive			en, n’	-ne, ’n
	locative			hi	-hi

¹ Behaves grammatically as plural.   ² Behaves grammatically as third person.
³ Only as object of a preposition.   ⁴ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

See also

• tu
• vostè
• vos
• vosaltres

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔs/

Pronoun

vós (accusative vos, dative vos)

1. second-person plural nominative personal pronoun; you

   Synonyms: vosoutros, vostedes

2. (dated, dialectal) thou, thee (an elevated form of you, singular)

   Synonym: vostede

   • 1310, E. Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 384:

     De min dom ffernan ffernandez de Lima A vos Pero viçente de Martin meu omme Saude

     From me Don Fernán Fernández de Limia to thee Pedro Vicente de Martín, my man, hail

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     An que me trataches bén
     si'ávesita non pagàs
     dou ò demo pè ala poño
     nin me alembro de vòs màis.

     Although thou treated me well
     If the visit thou don't pay [lit. you (plural) don't pay]
     No way I'm putting a feet there
     Or remembering thee anymore

Usage notes

When vós is a polite form, addressing a single person, is used with the second person plural form of the verb. Compare the polite usage of vous in French and vós in Catalan.

Derived terms

• vola
• volas
• volo
• volos

Related terms

• convosco
• vosoutros

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vos”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vós”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vós”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vós”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ(j)s/ [ˈvɔ(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ(j)s/ [ˈvɔ(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ(j)ʃ/ [ˈvɔ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔʃ/

• Homophone: voz
• Hyphenation: vós

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs, from Proto-Indo-European *wōs.

Pronoun

vós m pl or f pl by sense

1. (archaic, dialectal, literary, religion, or humorous) you, ye (second-person plural nominative and prepositional personal pronoun)

   Synonyms: vocês, os senhores

   Vós deveis fugir. ― Ye must flee.

   Aonde ides vós? ― Whither go ye?

2. (archaic, dialectal, literary, religion, or humorous) you, thou (second-person singular nominative and prepositional pronoun used when addressing a deity, noble or certain powerful officials)

   Synonyms: tu, você, o senhor

   Deus, vós sois a minha força.

   God, thou art my strength.

Usage notes

• vós has been almost fully replaced by vocês; while some northern dialects of Portugal retain its usage, it is otherwise archaic and literary.

Related terms

• vos
• vosso
• convosco
• você
• vocês

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns

number	person		nominative (subject)	accusative (direct object)	dative (indirect object)	prepositional	prepositional with com	non-declining
singular	first		eu	me		mim	comigo	—
	second		tu	te		ti	contigo	você o senhor m a senhora f
	third	m	ele	o (lo, no)	lhe	ele	com ele	o mesmo
		f	ela	a (la, na)		ela	com ela	a mesma
plural	first		nós	nos		nós	connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)	a gente
	second		vós	vos		vós	convosco com vós	vocês os senhores m as senhoras f
	third	m	eles	os (los, nos)	lhes	eles	com eles	os mesmos
		f	elas	as (las, nas)		elas	com elas	as mesmas
reflexive third / indefinite			—	se		si	consigo	o mesmo etc. (reflexive)

Etymology 2

Noun

vós f

1. plural of vó

Spanish

Pronoun

vós

1. Obsolete spelling of vos.