Os

Table of contents

1 Translingual 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.3 Pronunciation 3.4 Homophones 3.5 Noun 4 Latin 4.6 Noun 4.7 Noun 5 Portuguese 5.8 Etymology 5.9 Definite article 5.10 Personal pronoun 5.10.1 Usage notes 6 Romanian 6.11 Noun 7 Spanish 7.12 Pronunciation 7.13 Personal pronoun 7.14 Translations 8 Swedish 8.15 Noun

Translingual

Os
(chemistry) symbol for osmium

1. ox (a castrated bull)

Noun

1. bone
2. bones

1. a mouth

1. a bone

Portuguese

Definite article

1. the

   Lá vêm os carros - Here come the cars

Personal pronoun

1. 3rd person them (as a direct object; as an indirect object, see lhes; after prepositions, see eles).

   Encontrei-os na rua. = "I met them at the street."

• Becomes -los after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos and vos, and the adverb eis; the ending letter causing the change disappears.

  After ver: Posso vê-los? = "May I see them?"

  After pôs: Quero pô-los ali. = "I want to put them there."

  After fiz: Fi-los ficar contente. = "I made them become happy."

  After nos: Deu-no-los relutantemente. = "He gave them to us reluctantly."

  After eis: Ei-los! = "Behold them!"

• Becomes -nos after a nasal diphthong: -ão, -am [ɐ̃w̃], -õe [õj̃], -em, -êm [ẽj̃].

  Detêm-nos como prisioneiros. = "They detain them as a prisoners."

• In Brasil it is being abandoned in favor of the nominative form eles.

  Eu os vi. → Eu vi eles. = "I saw them."

1. bone

1. dative and accusative of vos and vosotros

• English: you, to you, for you