avô

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese avoo (“grandfather”), from Vulgar Latin *avoilu- < *aviolus (see for cognates), diminutive of Latin avus (“grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈvo/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈvo/, [ɐ.ˈvo]

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• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: a‧vô

Noun

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

1. grandfather, male grandparent

   Synonym: (childish) vovô

   Antonym: avó

Derived terms

• bisavô
• trisavô
• tataravô, tetaravô, tetravô

See also

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