 Cuyo
- Spanish Relative Adjective
Cuyo is a relative adjective that means whose, of whom, or of
which. Like
other Spanish adjectives, cuyo has masculine, feminine, singular, and plural
forms:
Cuyo is used to indicate the noun who or which is the object of the clause
that follows it. Cuyo is relative because it introduces a relative clause, and
an adjective because it must be followed by a noun. Note that cuyo has a
possessive value as well.
| Examples: |
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Es el chico cuyo padre murió. |
It's the boy whose father died. |
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¿Dónde está el profesor cuyas clases comienzan a las ocho? |
Where is the teacher whose classes begin at 8? |
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El escritor cuyos libros Ana quiere comprar vive en México. |
The writer whose books Ana wants to buy lives in Mexico. |
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Esa casa, cuya puerta está abierta, es muy bonita. |
That house, whose door (or "the door of which") is open, is
very pretty. |
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| Expressions: |
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en cuyo caso |
in which case |
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por cuya razón |
for this reason |
Spanish adjectives
Relative pronouns
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