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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    [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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    used in the formal register (but the familiar or T form of address). See Voseo. The second-person plural familiar pronoun vosotros / vosotras is used only...
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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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    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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    instead, and while the various Chavacano dialects developed the use of voseo, this development is absent in Philippine Spanish, which is exclusively...
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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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  • "ustedes", switching the verb accordingly. The countries that show the kind of voseo in which "tú" is replaced by "vos" use the same forms as for "tú" in this...
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