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/bos/

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Translation

you (singular, regional/archaic)

Word origin

From Latin vos ('you', plural). It survives as a singular pronoun of address in the voseo of much of Latin America.

Origin
Latin
Root
vos

Examples

¿ ?

Do you know where the square is?

tenés hacerlo, .

You have to do it, not me.

, .

In Argentina, people use vos instead of tu.

entendés .

You do not understand what is happening here.

querés, .

If you want, we can go to the cinema afterwards.

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This word is part of lesson 22.