vosotros

Asturian

Etymology

From vós +‎ otros; cognate with Spanish vosotros.

Pronoun

vosotros m pl (feminine plural vosotres)

  1. you (the group being addressed)
    Synonym: vós

Further reading

  • “vosotros”, in Diccionariu 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”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From older vos (“you”) (plural), from Latin vōs, and otros (“others”), plural of otro, from Latin alter (“other”). Compare Galician vosoutros, Catalan vosaltres, Occitan vosautres, French vous autres, Italian voialtri, Portuguese vós Sicilian vuiautri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈsotɾos/ [boˈso.t̪ɾos]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -otɾos
  • Syllabification: vo‧so‧tros

Pronoun

vosotros (feminine vosotras)

  1. (informal, Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Philippines, archaic in Latin America) you, you guys; second person plural personal pronoun
    Synonym: ustedes
    ¿Qué vais a hacer vosotros hoy?
    What are you guys going to do today?

Usage notes

  • The use of this pronoun, along with os, 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 with ustedes (e.g. "ustedes estáis"). However, this is considered nonstandard.

See also

Spanish personal pronouns
Nominative Disjunctive Dative Accusative Comitative
First-person Singular yo mí me conmigo
Plural Masculine1 nosotros nos —
Feminine nosotras
Second-person Singular Tuteo tú ti te contigo
Voseo vos —
Formal2 Masculine1 usted le, se3 lo
Feminine la
Plural Familiar4 Masculine1 vosotros os
Feminine vosotras
Formal/general2 Masculine1 ustedes les, se3 los
Feminine las
Third-person Singular Masculine1 él le, se3 lo
Feminine ella la
Neuter ello5 lo
Plural Masculine1 ellos les, se3 los
Feminine ellas las
Reflexive — sí se consigo
  1. 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.
  2. Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.
  3. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije).
  4. Used primarily in Spain.
  5. Used only in rare circumstances.

Further reading

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