vosotros

Asturian

Etymology

From vós +‎ otros; cognate with Spanish vosotros.

Pronoun

vosotros m pl (feminine plural vosotres)

1. you (the group being addressed)

   Synonym: vós

Further reading

• “vosotros”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “vosotros”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From older vos (“you”) (plural), from Latin vōs, and otros (“others”), plural of otro, from Latin alter (“other”). Compare Galician vosoutros, Catalan vosaltres, Occitan vosautres, French vous autres, Italian voialtri, Portuguese vós Sicilian vuiautri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈsotɾos/ [boˈso.t̪ɾos]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -otɾos
• Syllabification: vo‧so‧tros

Pronoun

vosotros (feminine vosotras)

1. (informal, Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Philippines, archaic in Latin America) you, you guys; second person plural personal pronoun

   Synonym: ustedes

   ¿Qué vais a hacer vosotros hoy?

   What are you guys going to do today?

Usage notes

• The use of this pronoun, along with os, in ordinary spoken language, is confined to the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, and Spain. Elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world, it is found only in oratory, legal, and religious language. In western Andalusia and the Canary Islands, its associated verb forms may sometimes be used with ustedes (e.g. "ustedes estáis"). However, this is considered nonstandard.

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

				Nominative	Disjunctive	Dative	Accusative	Comitative
First-person	Singular			yo	mí	me		conmigo
	Plural	Masculine1		nosotros		nos		—
		Feminine		nosotras
Second-person	Singular	Tuteo		tú	ti	te		contigo
		Voseo		vos	—
		Formal2	Masculine1	usted		le, se3	lo
			Feminine				la
	Plural	Familiar4	Masculine1	vosotros		os
			Feminine	vosotras
		Formal/general2	Masculine1	ustedes		les, se3	los
			Feminine				las
Third-person	Singular	Masculine1		él		le, se3	lo
		Feminine		ella			la
		Neuter		ello5			lo
	Plural	Masculine1		ellos		les, se3	los
		Feminine		ellas			las
	Reflexive			—	sí	se		consigo

1. Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
2. Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.
3. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije).
4. Used primarily in Spain.
5. Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun.

Further reading

• “vosotros”, 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