mío

See also: mio, Mio, mió, mio-, mi'o, and Mio.

Asturian

Adjective

mío

1. neuter of míu

Galician

Verb

mío

1. first-person singular present indicative of miar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish myo, from Latin meus.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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.

Usage notes

• 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.

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

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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Related terms

    Spanish possessive determiners

possessor		preposed		postposed or standalone
		possessee		possessee
		singular	plural	singular		plural
				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

Derived terms

• los míos
• tuya-mía

 

Further reading

• “mío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16