nosso
Portuguese, determiner/ˈnɔ.su/
nosso is spelled N-O-S-S-O (5 letters) and appears 525 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 178th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nosso is a Portuguese determiner meaning “our (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of us, excluding the person(s) being addressed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does nosso mean in English?
determiner
- 1
our (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of us, excluding the person(s) being addressed)
Desculpa, você não tá convidado pra nossa festa.
- 2
our (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of us, including the person(s) being addressed)
A gente deve tentar salvar o nosso casamento pro bem dos nossos filhos.
- 3
our (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with)
O nosso histórico de segurança na Azul é muito bom.
- 4
our (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of people in general)
À medida que envelhecemos, nossas reações ficam mais lentas.
- 5
our (used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners)
Oi, pessoal! Nesse vídeo, eu vou mostrar como faço meu pão de ló de cabeça para baixo. Primeiro, vamos pesar nossos ingredientes.
pronoun
- 1
ours (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of us, excluding the person(s) being addressed)
Ei, vocês não podem levar isso! É nosso!
- 2
ours (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of us, including the person(s) being addressed)
A gente deve pedir o notebook de volta. Afinal de contas, ele é nosso.
- 3
ours (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with)
A comida francesa é melhor do que a nossa.
- 4
ours (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of people in general)
À medida que crescemos, certas responsabilidades passam a ser nossas.
- 5
ours (used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners)
Olá, pessoal! Nesse vídeo vou mostrar como faço meu pão de ló de cabeça para baixo. Tem muita receita pra esse tipo de bolo, mas a nossa é a melhor.
noun
- 1
masculineours (used substantively, with an implied noun)
Cuide do seu, que a gente cuida do nosso.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. que pertence a nós
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nosso
- nossa feminine
- nossos masculine plural
- nossas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nosso?
- Brazil /ˈnɔ.su/
- Portugal /ˈnɔ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nosso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nosso in Portuguese?
nosso appears 525 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).