vuestro

Asturian

Adjective

vuestro

1. neuter of vuestru

Ladino

Alternative forms

• guestro, vueso

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vostrum, from vester, from Proto-Italic *westeros.

Determiner

vuestro m sg (possessive, Hebrew spelling ב׳ואיסטרו, plural vuestros, feminine vuestra, feminine plural vuestras)

1. (possessive) yours; your; to you
   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], page 417:

     “Uff!” digo yo, “Vozotros kon vuestras hadashot! Mizmo en durmiendo las sintish!”

     ‘Oof!’ I said, ‘You lot with your chatterings! Even sleeping you hear them!’

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vostrum, from vester, from Proto-Italic *westeros.

Determiner

vuestro m sg (possessive, plural vuestros, feminine vuestra, feminine plural vuestras)

1. (possessive) yours, your, to you
   • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 15vb:

     Vuestros pies calçados.

     Your shod feet.

Descendants

• Ladino: guestro, vueso, vuestro, ב׳ואיסטרו, ב׳ואיסו, גואיסטרו
• Spanish: vueso, vuestro

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “vuestro”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 534

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vostrum, from vester, from Proto-Italic *westeros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwestɾo/ [ˈbwes.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -estɾo
• Syllabification: vues‧tro

Pronoun

vuestro m sg (plural vuestros, feminine vuestra, feminine plural vuestras)

1. (possessive) yours

Related terms

    Spanish possessive pronouns

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	mío	mía	míos	mías
		Second person	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
		Third person	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas
	plural	First person	nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
		Second person	vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
		Third person	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

Determiner

vuestro m sg (possessive, plural vuestros, feminine vuestra, feminine plural vuestras)

1. (possessive) yours, your, to you

Derived terms

• vuestra excelencia
• vuestra merced
• vuestra reverencia
• vuestra señoría

Related terms

Spanish possessive determiners

possessor		preposed		postposed or standalone
		singular possessee	plural possessee	singular possessee		plural possessee
				masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
first person	singular	mi	mis	mío	mía	míos	mías
	plural	(same as postposed/standalone)		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
second person (informal)	singular	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
	plural	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
third person		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

Further reading

• “vuestro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10