Macanese

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Determiner

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vosso

  1. alternative form of vôsso: our

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese vosso, from Latin vostrum, from earlier vester, from Proto-Italic *westeros.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: vos‧so

Determiner

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vosso (feminine vossa, masculine plural vossos, feminine plural vossas)

  1. (archaic or religious in Brazil) your (plural) (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you)
    Peguem os vossos cadernos.Grab your notebooks.
    Vocês não receberam as vossas indenizações?
    Haven't you guys received your compensation?
    Os vossos pais virão aqui.Your parents are going to come here.
    Devolvam os vossos livros para a biblioteca agora!
    Take your books back to the library now!
    Vós todos estais hoje perante o Senhor, vosso Deus: os cabeças de vossas tribos, vossos anciãos, os vossos oficiais, todo o homem de Israel, os vossos meninos, as vossas mulheres e o estrangeiro que está no meio do teu arraial; desde o rachador da tua lenha até ao tirador da tua água;
    All of you stand today before the Lord, your God: the leaders of your tribes, your elders, your officers, every man of Israel, your children, your wives, and the foreigner who is in the midst of thy camp; from the cutter of thy wood to the drawer of thy water;

Derived terms

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Pronoun

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vosso (feminine vossa, masculine plural vossos, feminine plural vossas)

  1. (archaic or religious in Brazil) yours (plural) (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you)
    O prémio é vosso!The prize is yours!

Noun

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vosso m (plural vossos, feminine vossa, feminine plural vossas)

  1. (with the definite article, archaic or religious in Brazil) yours (plural) (used substantively, with an implied noun)
    Foi com sacrifício que construístes o vosso!
    It was with sacrifice that ye have built yours!

Usage notes

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In European Portuguese this word is used with the third-person plural (vocês) to avoid the ambiguity of seu, which denotes both third-person singular and plural:

Não se esqueçam de trazer os vossos fatos de banho.
Don't forget to bring your bathing suits.

Here the verb esqueçam is conjugated in the third-person plural while the possessive determiner vossos is in the second-person plural.

See also

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Portuguese possessives
singular possessum plural possessum
masculine feminine masculine feminine
singular
possessor
first person meu minha meus minhas
second person teu tua teus tuas
third person any seu sua seus suas
m dele
f dela
plural
possessor
first person nosso nossa nossos nossas
second person vosso vossa vossos vossas
third person any seu sua seus suas
m deles
f delas