nuestro
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nuestro(
nwehs
-
troh
)
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective
1. (possessive)
a. our
Nuestro hijo vive en Boston.Our son lives in Boston.
Hoy es el cumpleaños de nuestra hermana.Today is our sister's birthday.
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).
pronoun
2. (possessive)
a. ours
¿Sus fotos del viaje salieron bien? Las nuestras están oscuras.Did your pictures from the trip turn out okay? Ours came out dark.
¿Tu perro ya viene cuando lo llamas? El nuestro todavía es muy cachorro.Your dog already comes when he is called? Ours is still too young.
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nuestro
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective
1. (general)
a. our
nuestro cocheour car
este libro es nuestrothis book is ours, this is our book
un amigo nuestroa friend of ours
no es asunto nuestroit's none of our business
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).
pronoun
2. (general)
a.
el nuestroours
el nuestro es rojoours is red
3. (colloquial)
a.
esta es la nuestrathis is the chance we've been waiting for o our big chance
lo nuestro es el teatrotheater is our thing
4. (colloquial)
a.
los nuestrosour folks
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nuestroa nuestra
possessive adjective
our; (tras sustantivo) of ours
nuestro perro our dog; nuestros hijos our children; un barco nuestro a boat of ours; one of our boats; un amigo nuestro a friend of ours
pronombre:posesivo
ours
—¿de quién es esto? —es nuestro "whose is this?" — "it's ours"; esta casa es la nuestra this house is ours; es el nuestro it is ours; el tenis no nos gusta, lo nuestro es el fútbol we don't like tennis, we're more into football; no servimos para pintar, lo nuestro es la fotografía we're no use at painting, we're better at photography; los nuestros (nuestra familia) our people; our family; (Dep) (nuestro equipo) our men; our side; es de los nuestros he's one of ours; he's one of us
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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