Spanish word

vosotros

Pronunciation

IPA/boˈsotɾos/

Meaning

  • pronounyou

Example

¿Vosotros vais al cine esta noche?

Are you going to the movies tonight?

Illustration for vosotros (you)

More examples

¿Vosotros podéis ayudarme con esto?

Can you all help me with this?

Core concept

A circle of friends being directly addressed together.

Common phrases

  • vosotros vais

    You all go

  • vosotros podéis

    you all can

  • vosotros estáis

    you all are

  • vosotros habláis

    You all speak

Similar words

ustedes: Second-person plural pronoun for addressing several people in neutral or formal settings.
tú: Second-person singular pronoun used for informal one-on-one address.
vos: Second-person singular pronoun used in some regions (e.g., Argentina) for informal voseo address.
vosotras: Second-person plural pronoun used when speaking directly to an all-female group.

Definition in Spanish

Forma pronominal de segunda persona plural empleada en contextos informales en la península ibérica para dirigirse a varios interlocutores.

Word origin

The word originally formed from the combination of vos and otros, whose phonetic merger produced the single form vosotros.

Usage tips

  • With vosotros, verbs take second-person plural endings, for example ir → vais, unlike ustedes which uses third-person plural conjugation.

Other meanings

  • you allpronoun
  • you guyspronoun

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