vó
Portuguese, noun
vó is spelled V-Ó (2 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vó is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “clipping of avó; granny, grandma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, vô is a different word: “clipping of avô; grandpa, granddad”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “avó”.
What does vó mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalclipping of avó; granny, grandma
Minha vó é uma mulher muito bondosa.
noun
- 1
informalmasculineclipping of avô; grandpa, granddad
verb
- 1
eye dialect spelling of vou
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. avô
noun: 1. avó
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.
Forms of vó
- vós plural
- vôs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vó
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vó in Portuguese?
vó appears 4.0 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).