nos
Spanish, pronoun
nos is spelled N-O-S (3 letters) and appears 1,380 times per million words in written Spanish, the 55th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nos is a Spanish pronoun meaning “dative of nosotros: to us, for us” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, ños is a different word: “damn, wow”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de nosotros (pronombre personal de la primera persona plural nominativo)”.
What does nos mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
dative of nosotros: to us, for us
- 2
accusative of nosotros: us
- 3
reflexive of nosotros: ourselves; each other
- 4
archaicfirst person (except in vocative, and in the oblique it requires a preposition); I (singular; compare vos)
Venga a nos el tu reino. Ruegue por nos, Santa Madre de Dios.
- 5
archaicfirst person nominative, prepositional and vocative plural pronoun
noun
- 1
masculineplural of no
interjection
- 1
damn, wow
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Variante de nosotros (pronombre personal de la primera persona plural nominativo). 2. Pronombre personal de la primera persona en plural para el dativo y el acusativo.
suffix: 1. Variante subestándar de -mos (conjugador verbal).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nos
- ¡ños! canonical
- ñuos alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nos in Spanish?
nos appears 1,380 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).