nosotros

See also: ñosotros

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñosotros

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noˈsotɾos/, [noˈso.t̪ɾos]

Pronoun

nosotros m pl (feminine plural nosotras)

1. we (masculine plural)

Synonyms

• nós

Related terms

• nos

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish nos (us) from Latin nōs + otros (others), plural of otro, from Latin alter. Compare Galician nosoutros, Catalan nosaltres, Occitan nosautres, French nous autres, Friulian noaltris, Italian noialtri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noˈsotɾos/ [noˈso.t̪ɾos]

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• Rhymes: -otɾos
• Syllabification: no‧so‧tros

Pronoun

nosotros m pl (feminine plural nosotras)

1. we (masculine plural)
2. (disjunctive, locative) ourselves

Derived terms

• entre nosotros

 

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí1
	plural	masculine2		nosotros	nos		nosotros
		feminine		nosotras			nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti1
		voseo		vos			vos
		formal3		usted	le, se4	lo/la5	usted
	plural	familiar6	masculine2	vosotros	os		vosotros
			feminine	vosotras			vosotras
		formal/general3		ustedes	les, se4	los/las5	ustedes
third person	singular	masculine2		él	le, se4	lo	él
		feminine		ella		la	ella
		neuter		ello7		lo	ello
	plural	masculine2		ellos	les, se4	los	ellos
		feminine		ellas		las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí1

1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
6. Used primarily in Spain
7. Used only in rare circumstances

Further reading

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