Belonging to us
Nuestra is Spanish for "our" when modifying a feminine noun: nuestra casa (our house), nuestra familia (our family).
It appears in English contexts through Spanish phrases like Nuestra Señora (Our Lady, the Virgin Mary) or place names like Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, the original name of Los Angeles.
Household, in Spanish
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Belonging to us
Nuestra is Spanish for "our" when modifying a feminine noun: nuestra casa (our house), nuestra familia (our family).
It appears in English contexts through Spanish phrases like Nuestra Señora (Our Lady, the Virgin Mary) or place names like Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, the original name of Los Angeles.
1. collective — familia, Household, in Spanish; pueblo (Communal adobe village); barrio (Hispanic urban district); patria (Native country, Latin); tierra · casa · cultura · historia
2. possession — casa, Hispanic term for dwelling; tierra (Spanish word for land); familia (Household, in Spanish); lengua (Spanish for tongue); comida · historia · lucha · fe · fuerza · derecho
3. feminine — señora, Respectful Spanish title; hermana (Sister in Spanish); abuela (Grandmother, in Spanish); hija (Female child, Spanish); esposa · novia · comadre · reina
PERSON/POSSESSIONnuestra ≠ his Male possessive pronoun; her · their · your · mi
INCLUSION/EXCLUSIONnuestra ≠ their Possessive for others; theirs · foreign · others · outsiders
nostalgia, nostalgic, nostalgically, nostalgist, nosotros
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/nuestra