Fromvós +otros; cognate withSpanishvosotros.
vosotros m pl (feminine pluralvosotres)
- you(the group being addressed)
- Synonym:vós
- “vosotros”, inDiccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición,Academia de la Llingua Asturiana,2000,→ISBN
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “vosotros”, inDiccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana,→ISBN
From oldervos(“you”) (plural), fromLatinvōs, andotros(“others”), plural ofotro, from Latinalter(“other”). CompareGalicianvosoutros,Catalanvosaltres,Occitanvosautres,Frenchvous autres,Italianvoialtri,PortuguesevósSicilianvuiautri.
- IPA(key): /boˈsotɾos/[boˈso.t̪ɾos]
- Rhymes:-otɾos
- Syllabification:vo‧so‧tros
vosotros (femininevosotras)
- (informal, Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Philippines, archaic in Latin America)you,you guys;second person pluralpersonal pronoun
- Synonym:ustedes
¿Qué vais a hacervosotros hoy?- What areyou guys going to do today?
- The use of this pronoun, along withos, in ordinary spoken language, is confined to the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, and Spain. Elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world, it is found only in oratory, legal, and religious language. In southern Spain (including the Canary Islands), its associated verb forms may sometimes be used withustedes (e.g. "ustedes estáis"). However, this is considered nonstandard.
Spanish personal pronouns
- Like other masculine words, masculine 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 of*le lo dije).
- Used primarily in Spain.
- Used only in rare circumstances.
