vocês

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See also: voces

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: vo‧cês

Pronoun

vocês m pl or f pl by sense

  1. you (second-person plural personal pronoun)
    Synonyms: (archaic or regional) vós, (formal) os senhores

Usage notes

  • Originally simply the plural of você and, thus, used in semi-formal speech, this pronoun has almost universally replaced vós in all Portuguese-speaking countries (see vós), and is now used as both the plural of tu (familiar) and você (semi-formal).

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Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct object) 		Dative
(indirect object) 		Prepositional Prepositional
with com 		Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no) 		a
(la, na) 		lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se si consigo
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil) 		a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco, com vós vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos) 		as
(las, nas) 		lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se si consigo
Indefinite se si consigo
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