Possessive pronouns in Spanish

A possessive pronoun is one of the words (mine, yours, hers, his, ours or theirs), which are used instead of a noun to show that one person or thing belongs to another.

masculine singular	feminine singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	meaning
el mío	la mía	los míos	las mías	mine
el tuyo	la tuya	los tuyos	las tuyas	yours (belonging to tú)
el suyo	la suya	los suyos	las soyas	his, hers, its, yours (belonging to usted)
el nuestro	la nuestra	los nuestros	las nuestras	ours
el vuestro	la vuestra	los vuestros	los vuestras	yours (belonging to vosotros/as)
el suyo	la soya	los suyos	las suyas	theirs, yours (belonging to ustedes)

Los ejemplos

1. ¿Puedo pedir prestado su teléfono celular? La mía se quedó sin batería. (May I borrow your cell phone? Mine ran out of battery)
2. Pregunta a Cristina si este bolígrafo es el suyo. (Ask Christine if this pen is hers.)
3. ¿Qué equipo ha ganado, el suyo o el nuestro? (Which team won – theirs or ours?)
4. Mi per es más joven que el tuyo. (My dog is younger than yours.)
5. Daniel pensó que esos libros eran los suyos. (Daniel thought those books were his.)
6. Si no tienes lápices, te presenté los míos. (If you haven’t got any pencils, I´ll lend you mine.)
7. Las habitaciones son más pequeñas que las vuestras. (The rooms are smaller than yours.)
8. Las maletas rojas son mías y las azules son tuyas. (The red suitcases are mine and the blue ones are yours.)

The context makes it clear what is being referred to, so there is no need to explicitly mention the noun again. You simply need to state what happened to yours. In Spanish, possessive pronouns agree with what they describe, not with the person who owns that thing. For example, el suyo can mean (his, hers, yours, or theirs), but can only be used to replace a masculine singular noun.

The Spanish possessive pronouns are el mío, el tuyo, el suyo, el nuestro, el vuestro and el suyo when they stand in for a masculine noun. If they stand in for a feminine or a plural noun, their forms change accordingly.

In Spanish, the pronoun you choose has to agree with the noun it replaces, and not with the person who owns that thing.

el/ la/ los/ las de are used with anon or pronoun to mean the (one(s) belong to …)

Possessive pronouns enable you with the ability to express ownership with precision and ease. So, whether you’re describing possessions, relationships, or attributing qualities, utilising possessive pronouns in Spanish allows for clearer and more efficient communication.