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"Mio" is a form of "miar", an intransitive verb which is often translated as "to meow". "La mía" is a form of "mía", an adjective which is often translated as "mine". Learn more about the difference between "mio" and "la mía" below.
miar(
myahr
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
1. (general)
a. to meow
Los gatos miaron cuando vieron que les llevaba un platito con leche.The cats meowed when they saw me bringing them a dish with milk.
b. to mew
Llevé al gato al veterinario porque estaba miando más de lo habitual.I took my cat to the veterinary because he was mewing more than usual.
c. to miaow (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
¿Crees que la gata está miando porque está en celo?Do you think the cat's miaowing because she's in heat?
mía(
mee
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ah
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (possessive)
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., she).
2. (possessive)
a. mine
Esta silla es la mía. La tuya es esa otra.This chair is mine. Yours is that one there.
Esta no es mi raqueta; la mía lleva mi nombre escrito.This isn't my racket; mine has my name written on it.
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
a. my chance
"Esta es la mía; ahora le pediré salir", pensé."This is my chance. I'll ask her out now," I thought.
