In Spanish grammar, voseo (Spanish pronunciation: [boˈseo]) is the use of vos as a second-person singular pronoun, along with its associated verbal forms...
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Spanish language (section Voseo)
voseo. In a few dialects, all three pronouns are used, with usted, tú, and vos denoting respectively formality, familiarity, and intimacy. In voseo,...
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most of Argentina and Uruguay. It is the most prominent dialect to employ voseo (the use of vos in place of the pronoun tú, along with special accompanying...
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Central American Spanish (section Voseo)
Nicaragua adopted voseo as a symbol of nationalism. Educated Costa Ricans are also more comfortable using vos, and negative attitudes towards voseo have been...
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Uruguayan Spanish (section Tuteo and voseo)
Montevideo and the whole southern region of the country exhibits use of the voseo form of address, with the pronoun vos instead of the tú form. In other areas...
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vivís—'you live'); and verbal voseo with the Chilean verb endings (tú hablái, tú comís, etc.). "Full" voseo coexists with verbal voseo (tú comés) in Uruguay....
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Chileans use the voseo and tuteo forms for the intimate second-person singular. Voseo is common in Chile, with both pronominal and verbal voseo being widely...
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Paraguayan Spanish (section Voseo)
historical, and cultural proximity, as well as the sharing of features such as voseo, which is "the use of vos as a second-person singular pronoun." Paraguayan...
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most other dialects. Characteristic regional usages of pronouns include voseo (using vos, the familiar singular "you", rather than the tú of other dialects)...
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Bolivian Spanish (section Tuteo and voseo)
[pweh]. For the second-person-singular pronoun and verb forms, the use of "voseo" is dominant. The use of diminutive -ingo and the augmentative -ango is...
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country is the largest Spanish-speaking society that universally employs voseo, the use of the pronoun vos instead of tú ("you"), which imposes the use...
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Salvadoran Spanish (section Voseo)
pronunciation and usage. El Salvador, like most of Central America, uses voseo Spanish as its written and spoken form, similar to that of Argentina. Vos...
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language. Uruguayan Spanish, as a variant of Rioplatense, employs both voseo and yeísmo (with [ʃ] or [ʒ]) and has a great influence of the Italian language...
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Spanish grammar (section Voseo)
endings are -ás, -és, and -ís for -ar, -er, -ir verbs, respectively. (See "voseo".) In the tables of paradigms below, the (optional) subject pronouns appear...
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Spanish language as spoken in the country of Honduras in Central America. Voseo is routinely used in Honduras. Honduran Spanish, as a Central American variety...
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identity. Second-generation Salvadoran-Americans often engage in verbal voseo, using voseo-related verb forms alongside tú due to linguistic insecurity in contact...
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the highest frequency, among Central American countries, of the use of voseo—use of the pronoun vos and its verb forms for the familiar second-person...
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resembles the variety of Central American Spanish spoken in that country, where voseo is used. Meanwhile, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo led to a large number...
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are several sub-varieties of voseo within Latin America and many Latin American varieties do not have any form of voseo at all. The meaning of certain...
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person plural pronoun ustedes has supplanted the pronoun vosotros/vosotras. Voseo is now completely absent from insular Caribbean Spanish. Contemporary commentators...
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speak Spanish that makes use of the medieval voseo pronoun equivalent to thou, making them the largest voseo Spanish speakers in the country. This is commonly...
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Spanish personal pronouns (section Voseo)
pronouns that have fallen out of use in Spanish. 1 Only in countries with voseo; Ladino has vos as the formal form, instead of usted. 2 Primarily in Spain;...
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usted, the use of usted has become increasingly rare after the Revolution. Voseo is practically non-existent in Cuba. It was historically present in the...
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which is known as Rioplatense Spanish, is distinguished by its use of voseo, yeísmo, and aspiration of s in various contexts. It is heavily influenced...
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exception: póney, yérsey, yóquey. In addition, some of Chilean Spanish's voseo verb forms end in falling diphthongs but are stressed on the penultimate...
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apocope or syncope, which distinguishes it from the Chilean and Rioplatense voseo, respectively. Besides, the maracucho is characterized by the use of many...
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informal. As in other regions of Central and South America, Salvadorans use voseo. This refers to the use of "vos" as the second person singular pronoun,...
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Spanish is the usage of the second person singular pronoun vos (called voseo) or usted instead of tú. Some native languages are still spoken in indigenous...
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around the Río de la Plata basin. Its distinctive feature is widespread voseo, the use of the pronoun vos instead of tú for the second person singular...
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