voseo

See also: voseó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈseo/ [boˈse.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: vo‧se‧o

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *yúHsder.

Proto-Italic *wōs

Latin vōs

Spanish vos

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -idiāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish voseardeverb.

Spanish voseo

Deverbal from vosear.

Noun

voseo m (uncountable)

1. in Spanish dialects, the use of the pronoun vos as opposed to tú

   Coordinate term: tuteo

Related terms

• voseante

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

voseo

1. first-person singular present indicative of vosear

Further reading

• “voseo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “voseo”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN
• voseo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia