vosotros
Asturian
editEtymology
editFromvós +otros; cognate withSpanishvosotros.
Pronoun
edit- you(the group being addressed)
Synonyms
edit- (subject pronoun: the group being addressed):vós
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom oldervos(“you”) (plural), fromLatinvōs, andotros(“others”), plural ofotro, from Latinalter(“other”). CompareGalicianvosoutros,Catalanvosaltres,Occitanvosautres,Frenchvous autres,Italianvoialtri,PortuguesevósSicilianvuiautri.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editvosotros (femininevosotras)
- (Spain,Equatorial Guinea,Philippines)you; second person masculine plural personal pronoun
- Synonym:ustedes
Usage notes
edit- The use of this pronoun, along withos, in ordinary spoken language is confined to the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, and Spain, excluding southwestern regions of Spain and most of the Canary Islands. Elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world, it is found only in oratory, legal and religious language. However, Andalucia uses its associated verb forms withUstedes.
See also
editSpanish personal pronouns
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le,se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les,se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le,se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les,se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used withcon;conmigo,contigo, andconsigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- Ifle orles precedeslo,la,los, orlas in a clause, it is replaced withse (e.g.,Se lo dije instead ofLe lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further reading
edit- “vosotros”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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