mío
Asturian
editAdjective
editmío
Galician
editVerb
editmío
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish myo, from Latin meus.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editmío m sg (first person singular possessive of singular masculine, masculine plural míos, feminine mía, feminine plural mías)
- mine
- ¿De quién son estos libros? — Son míos. Los tuyos están en la mesa.
- Whose books are these? — They're mine. Yours are on the table.
Usage notes
edit- Typically preceded by a definite article (el mío, la mía, los míos, las mías) unless referring to clothing, body parts, or functioning as the copulative attribute of the verb ser, as in the above example. In these cases the use of the definite article indicates emphasis.
Related terms
editPossessee | ||||||
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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
editmío m sg (first person singular possessive of singular masculine, masculine plural míos, feminine mía, feminine plural mías)
- (predicative or after the noun) mine, my
- Ese libro grande es mío. ― That big book is mine.
- No es lo mío. ― It's not my thing.
Usage notes
edit- When used before a noun as part of the noun phrase, the apocopate forms mi and mis are used instead of the full form mío.
- Son mis libros. ― They are my books.
- Son los libros míos. ― They are my books / the books of mine
- This pronoun is often used substantively, with the noun implied but omitted:
- ¿Es tu libro? Sí, es el mío. ― Is it your book? Yes, it is mine.
Related terms
edit Spanish possessive determiners
possessor | preposed | postposed or standalone | |||||
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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 |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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