avô

See also: avo, avos, AVO, avó, avós, avo-, and -avo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese avoo (“grandfather”), from Vulgar Latin *avoilu- < *aviolus, diminutive of Latin avus (“grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”) Compare Asturian güelu, French aïeul, Galician avó, Spanish abuelo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvo/
• Rhymes: -o

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• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvo/
• Hyphenation: a‧vô

Noun

avô m (plural avôs, feminine avó, feminine plural avós)

1. grandfather, male grandparent

   Antonym: avó

Derived terms

• bisavô
• trisavô
• tataravô/tetaravô

See also

• neto (“grandson”)
• neta (“granddaughter”)