Spanish word

tuyo

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈtuʝo/

Meaning

  • pronounyours

Example

Ese libro es tuyo.

That book is yours.

Illustration for tuyo (yours)

More examples

¿Es esto tuyo?

Is this yours?

Core concept

A thing whose ownership is assigned to the addressee (tú).

Common phrases

  • es tuyo

    It's yours

  • no es tuyo

    It's not yours

  • todo tuyo

    all yours

Similar words

mío: Belongs to the speaker (singular), replaces the noun and matches gender/number.
nuestro: Belongs to a group that includes the speaker, replaces the noun and matches gender/number.
suyo: Belongs to a third person or group (he/she/they), replaces the noun and matches gender/number.
vuestro: Belongs to the people being addressed (plural vosotros), replaces the noun and matches gender/number.

Definition in Spanish

Sustituye al sustantivo para indicar pertenencia de la segunda persona del singular (tú), concordando en género y número.

Word origin

Etymologically from Latin tuus 'your', passing through Old Spanish and changing the Latin ending -us to -o to form the modern possessive pronoun tuyo.

Usage tips

  • Tuyo differs from the possessive adjective tu (no accent); tu precedes a noun while tuyo replaces the noun, and it appears in four agreement forms: tuyo, tuya, tuyos, tuyas.

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