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Adjetivo relativo
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:
| Singular | Plural | ||
| masc | cuyo | cuyos | |
| fem | cuya | cuyas |
Cuyo is used to indicate the noun 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.
Por ejemplo …
| Esa casa, cuya puerta es amarilla, es muy bonita. | That house, whose door (or "the door of which") is yellow, is very pretty. | |
| ¿Dónde está el profesor cuyas clases comienzan a las ocho? | Where is the teacher whose classes begin at 8? | |
| Es el chico cuyo padre murió. | It’s the boy whose father died. | |
| El escritor, cuyos libros Ana quiere comprar, vive en México. | The writer, whose books Ana wants to buy, lives in Mexico. |
Expressions
| en cuyo caso | in which case | |
| por cuya razón | for this reason |
Note that cuyo is formal and therefore rare in spoken Spanish. The colloquial equivalent is que plus some other indication of possession:
| Esa casa que tiene la puerta amarilla … | The house with the yellow door (literally, "that has the yellow door") … | |
| ¿Dónde está el profesor que sus clases comienzan a las ocho? | Where is the teacher whose classes begin at 8? |
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