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From Latin vōs.

vós

  1. you (subject pronoun: the group being addressed)

Inherited from Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs.

vós (strong)

  1. you
  • Vós is a polite form, used when addressing a single person. It is used with the second person plural form of the verb. (Compare the polite usage of vous in French.)
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
singular 1st
person 		standard jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person 		standard tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd
person 		m ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
f ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
n ho -ho li -li seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person 		standard vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd
person 		m ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
f elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi

1 Behaves grammatically as plural.   2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition.   4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

From Old Galician-Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs.

vós (accusative vos, dative vos)

  1. second-person plural nominative personal pronoun; you
    Synonyms: vosoutros, vostedes
  2. (dated, dialectal) thou, thee (an elevated form of you, singular)
    Synonym: vostede

    • 1310, E. Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 384:

      De min dom ffernan ffernandez de Lima A vos Pero viçente de Martin meu omme Saude

      From me Don Fernán Fernández de Limia to thee Pedro Vicente de Martín, my man, hail

    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

      An que me trataches bén
      si'ávesita non pagàs
      dou ò demo pè ala poño
      nin me alembro de vòs màis.

      Although thou treated me well
      If the visit thou don't pay [lit. you (plural) don't pay]
      No way I'm putting a feet there
      Or remembering thee anymore

When vós is a polite form, addressing a single person, is used with the second person plural form of the verb. Compare the polite usage of vous in French and vós in Catalan.

From Old Galician-Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs, from Proto-Indo-European *wōs.

vós m pl or f pl by sense

  1. (archaic, dialectal, literary, religion, or humorous) you, ye (second-person plural nominative and prepositional personal pronoun)
    Synonyms: vocês, os senhores
    Vós deveis fugir. ― Ye must flee.
    Aonde ides vós? ― Whither go ye?
  2. (archaic, dialectal, literary, religion, or humorous) you, thou (second-person singular nominative and prepositional pronoun used when addressing a deity, noble or certain powerful officials)
    Synonyms: tu, você, o senhor

    Deus, vós sois a minha força.

    God, thou art my strength.
  • vós has been almost fully replaced by vocês; while some northern dialects of Portugal retain its usage, it is otherwise archaic and literary.

vós f

  1. plural of vó

vós

  1. Obsolete spelling of vos.