tio-avô

From tio (“uncle”) +‎ avô (“grandfather”).

tio-avô m (plural tios-avôs, feminine tia-avó, feminine plural tias-avós)

1. great-uncle (brother of one's grandparent; uncle of one's parent)

Tio-avô has two plural forms, tios-avôs and tios-avós. The former means exclusively a group of two or more men (cf. English great-uncles), the latter is used for a group of both men and women. Both are masculine nouns. The plural of tia-avó (great-ant) is a regular feminine noun (tias-avós) and means great-aunts. This is one of the few Portuguese nouns that have a tripartite plural inflection, the others being avô, sogro, consogro, bisavô and other derived terms.

• tia-avó
• sobrinho-neto
• sobrinha-neta