No. 25 in Portuguese
os
"The" (masculine plural definite article).
In a sentence
Os alunos chegaram cedo à aula.
The students arrived early to the class.
'Os' is used here as the masculine, plural definite article, equivalent to 'the' in English, referring specifically to the male or mixed-gender group of students.
Encontrei os meus livros perdidos.
I found my lost books.
'Os' is used as a definite article, marking the specific books that were lost and now found.
Eu os vi no parque ontem.
I saw them in the park yesterday.
'Os' functions as a masculine plural object pronoun, representing 'them' in the context of the sentence.
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