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Asturian
Alternative forms
Pronoun
nosotros m pl (feminine plural nosotras)
- we (masculine plural)
Synonyms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish nos (us) from Latin nōs + otros (others), plural of otro, from Latin alter. Compare Galician nosoutros, Catalan nosaltres, Occitan nosautres, French nous autres, Friulian noaltris, Italian noialtri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈsotɾos/
- Rhymes: -otɾos
- Syllabification: no‧so‧tros
Pronoun
nosotros m pl (feminine plural nosotras)
- we (masculine plural)
- (disjunctive, locative) ourselves
Derived terms
See also
Spanish personal pronouns
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
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