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Nuestro televisor es caro.

Nuestro televisor es caro.
Our television is expensive.
From Lesson 18:Possessive adjectives (mi, tu, su)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Nuestro televisor es caro.

Why is it nuestro and not nuestros if "our" means there is more than one owner?
In Spanish, possessive adjectives like nuestro (our) change to match the thing being owned, not the owners! Because televisor (television) is a singular, masculine noun, you use the singular, masculine form nuestro. If you owned multiple TVs, it would be nuestros televisores.
I thought television was televisión. Why does this use televisor?
Televisor refers to the actual physical machine (the TV set). Televisión usually refers to the broadcast, the channels, or the programming you watch. Since the physical machine itself is what costs a lot of money, televisor is the best word here.
Why use es instead of está?
We use es (from the verb ser) because being expensive (caro) is considered a basic characteristic of this TV, rather than a temporary state or condition.
Does the word for expensive (caro) change depending on the object?
Yes! Just like nuestro, descriptive adjectives must match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Because televisor is masculine and singular, we use caro. If we were talking about an expensive house (casa), which is feminine, it would be cara.

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