avô

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese avoo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum, 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)

grandfather, male grandparent
Synonym: (Brazil, childish) vovô

Antonym: avó

Derived terms

bisavô
trisavô
tetravô, tataravô, tetaravô

See also

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

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