avó

See also: avo, AVO, avô, avo-, and -avo

Galician

Alternative forms

• avolo, avóo
• avô (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese avoo, from Iberian Early Medieval Latin avolo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum, ultimately from Latin avus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbo/ [aˈβ̞o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: a‧vó

Noun

avó m (plural avós, feminine avoa, feminine plural avoas)

1. grandfather
2. (in the plural) grandparents
   • 1269, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 245:

     meu auoo don Ruy Zerbo e sa moler dona Marina Sanchez, que foron meus auoos

     my grandfather Don Roi Cerbo and his wife Dona Mariña Sánchez, who were my granparents

Related terms

• avoa
• bisavó
• trasavó

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “avoo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “auoo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avó”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avó”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avó”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avoa, from Late Latin aviola, diminutive of Latin avia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvɔ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvɔ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɔ/ [ɐˈβɔ]

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Audio (Portugal, Porto):

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• Hyphenation: a‧vó

Noun

avó f (plural avós, masculine avô, masculine plural avôs)

1. grandmother, female grandparent

   Synonyms: (Brazil, childish) vovó, (clipping) vó

   Antonym: avô

Derived terms

• bisavó
• trisavó
• tataravó, tetaravó, tetravó

Related terms

• neto/neta