mío

mío

1. neuter of míu

mío

1. first-person singular present indicative of miar

Inherited from Old Spanish myo, from Latin meus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmio/ [ˈmi.o]
• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: mí‧o

mío m sg (first person singular possessive of singular masculine, masculine plural míos, feminine mía, feminine plural mías)

1. mine; of 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.

• 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.

mío m sg (first person singular possessive of singular masculine, masculine plural míos, feminine mía, feminine plural mías)

1. (predicative or after the noun) mine, my; of mine

   Ese libro grande es mío. ― That big book is mine.

   No es lo mío. ― It's not my thing.

• 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.

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