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Asturian
Adjective
mío
- neuter of míu
Galician
Verb
mío
- first-person singular present indicative of miar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin meus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmio/
- Rhymes: -io
- Syllabification: mí‧o
Pronoun
mío 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
- 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.
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Determiner
mío 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
- 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.
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