avós

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See also: avos, avôs, and avô

Galician

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Noun

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avós m

  1. plural of avó

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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avós f pl

  1. plural of avó

Noun

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avós m pl (plural only)

  1. grandparents

Usage notes

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Avô has two plural forms, avôs and avós. The former (os avôs) means exclusively a group of two or more men (cf. English grandfathers), the latter (os avós) is used for a group of both men and women (cf. English grandparents). Both are masculine nouns. The plural of avó (grandmother) is a regular feminine noun (as avós) and means grandmothers. This is one of the few Portuguese nouns that have a tripartite plural inflection, the others being sogro, consogro, tio-avô, bisavô and other derived terms.