avó

See also: avo, AVO, avô, avo-, and -avo

Galician

Alternative forms

• avolo, avóo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese avoo, from early Iberian Medieval Latin avolo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum, ultimately from Latin avus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβo/

Noun

avó m (plural avós, feminine avoa, feminine plural avoas)

1. grandfather
2. (in the plural) grandparents
   • 1269, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 245:

     meu auoo don Ruy Zerbo e sa moler dona Marina Sanchez, que foron meus auoos

     my granfather Don Roi Cerbo and his wife Dona Mariña Sánchez, who were my granparents

Related terms

• avoa
• bisavó
• trasavó

References

• “avoo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “auoo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “avó” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “avó” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “avó” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese avoa, from Late Latin aviola, diminutive from Latin avia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvɔ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvɔ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɔ/ [ɐˈβɔ]

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• Hyphenation: a‧vó

Noun

avó f (plural avós, masculine avô, masculine plural avôs)

1. grandmother, female grandparent

   Synonyms: (childish) vovó, (clipping) vó

   Antonym: avô

Derived terms

• bisavó
• trisavó
• tataravó, tetaravó, tetravó

Related terms

• neto/neta