Voseo

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In Spanish grammar, voseo (pronounced [boˈseo]) is the use of vos as a second-person singular pronoun, along with its associated verbal forms, in certain regions where the language is spoken. In most of those regions it replaces tuteo, i.e. the use of the pronoun tú and its verbal forms. Voseo can also be found in the context of using verb conjugations for vos with tú as the subject pronoun (verbal voseo). In all regions with voseo, the corresponding unstressed object pronoun is te and the corresponding possessive is tu/tuyo. Vos is used extensively as the second-person singular in Rioplatense Spanish (Argentina and Uruguay), Paraguayan Spanish, Eastern Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, and much of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); in Mexico, in the southern regions of Chiapas and parts of Oaxaca. It is rarely used, if at all, in places such as Cuba and Puerto Rico. In the Rioplatense dialect, the usage of vos is prevalent, even in mainstream film, media and music...

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