nuestro
Asturian
Adjective
nuestro
- neuter of nuestru
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin noster, nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnwestɾo/ [ˈnwes.t̪ɾo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -estɾo
- Syllabification: nues‧tro
Pronoun
nuestro m sg (possessive, feminine nuestra, masculine plural nuestros, feminine plural nuestras)
- ours
Related terms
Spanish possessive pronouns
| Possessee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |||
| Possessor | Singular | First person | mío | mía | míos | mías |
| Second person | tuyo | tuya | tuyos | tuyas | ||
| Third person | suyo | suya | suyos | suyas | ||
| plural | First person | nuestro | nuestra | nuestros | nuestras | |
| Second person | vuestro | vuestra | vuestros | vuestras | ||
| Third person | suyo | suya | suyos | suyas | ||
Determiner
nuestro m sg (possessive, feminine nuestra, masculine plural nuestros, feminine plural nuestras)
- our, ours, to us
- (royal) our, ours, to us (as the royal we)
Derived terms
- padre nuestro
Related terms
Spanish possessive determiners
| possessor | preposed | postposed or standalone | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| possessee | possessee | ||||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | ||||
| First person: | singular: | mi | mis | mío | mía | míos | mías |
| plural: | (same as postposed/standalone) | nuestro | nuestra | nuestros | nuestras | ||
| Second person (informal): | singular: | tu | tus | tuyo | tuya | tuyos | tuyas |
| plural: | (same as postposed/standalone) | vuestro | vuestra | vuestros | vuestras | ||
| Third person: | su | sus | suyo | suya | suyos | suyas | |
Further reading
- “nuestro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014