avós
Portuguese, noun
avós is spelled A-V-Ó-S (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avós is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grandparents” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of avó. Without its accent, avos is a different word: “plural of avo”. With an accent, avôs is a different word: “plural of avô”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “plural que se refere ao avô e à avó, por parte do pai, da mãe, ou ambos”.
What does avós mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrandparents
noun
- 1
feminineplural of avó
noun
- 1
plural of avo
noun
- 1
plural of avô
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. plural que se refere ao avô e à avó, por parte do pai, da mãe, ou ambos 2. os antepassados
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to avós
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avós in Portuguese?
avós appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).