avo

¹ American  

[a-voh, ah-voh] / ˈæ voʊ, ˈɑ voʊ /

noun

Informal.

1. avocado.

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avo ² American  

[ah-voo] / ˈɑ vu /

noun

avos plural

1. a money of account of Macao, one 100th of a pataca.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• avos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of avo¹

First recorded in 2000–05; by shortening

Origin of avo²

First recorded in 1905–10; from Portuguese: literally, “trifle,” shortening of oitavo “eighth”; see octave

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

avo avos

Long before avo toast became obligatory on American brunch menus, it was big in Australia, where newspapers mentioned it as far back as 1929 and a Sydney cafe began serving it in the early 1990s.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021

Apparently, some chefs use coloured crockery – grey or black plates, say – to turn up the colour contrast with the avo.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019

The avo toast rocks charred corn and tomato salsa, the salmon and eggs come with roasted zucchini, and the stone fruit and fresh burrata salad is as good as summer gets.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2019

While adding a little avo to your bio may seem a painless way to increase your attractiveness, I would take this particular research with a pinch of salt.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2018

It is probably a diminutive from the stem av, which Foerstemann refers to Goth. avo, in the probable sense of ancestor.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert

Or do they just grab some random avos and crush them into their game-day guac?

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2015

Having won temporary respite by his well-acted anguish, he was ready to proceed again on the national plan of avos which may be vulgarly rendered into English by "running for luck."

From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

An expert genealogist will provide any solvent man with a genus et pro avos to order.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell