vocês

See also: voces

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɔˈseʃ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vo.ˈse(j)s/
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈse(j)s/
      • Homophone: cês
      • Homophone: seis (with the intrusive /j/)
  • (Carioca) IPA(key): /vo.ˈse(j)ʃ/

Pronoun

vocês m pl or f pl

  1. second-person plural personal pronoun; you

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

See also

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 (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil)
a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco 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 (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
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