nuestro
our
The possessive form of "we"
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
nos
us
+
-tro
possessive ending
Nuestro means our and is built from nos0 (us0) with a possessive ending1 (-tro1), so it literally marks something as belonging to us.
nuestro
our (adjective)
Describes something that belongs to us.
Nuestro hijo vive en Buenos AiresOur son lives in Buenos Aires
Nuestra casa está cerca del parqueOur house is near the park
el nuestro
ours (pronoun)
Refers to something that is ours.
Su carro es rápido, pero el nuestro es más cómodoTheir car is fast, but ours is more comfortable
¿Esta mesa es la nuestra?Is this table ours?