avô

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese avoo, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvo/

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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
• tetravô, tataravô, tetaravô

See also

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