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Mis suegros viven en un pueblo.

Mis suegros viven en un pueblo.
My parents-in-law live in a village.
From Lesson 88:Family and partners (el suegro, casarse)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Mis suegros viven en un pueblo.

Why does suegros translate to parents-in-law when un suegro is a father-in-law?
In Spanish, the masculine plural is used to refer to a mixed-gender pair or group. A father-in-law is un suegro and a mother-in-law is una suegra, but together they are los suegros. You also see this rule with padres for parents and hijos for children.
Why do we use mis instead of mi?
Possessive words like mi have to match whether the noun that follows is singular or plural. Because suegros is plural, you must add an s to make it mis. It does not matter that there is only one owner; it only matters how many things or people are being described.
Can pueblo also mean people?
It can mean both! Here it means a physical village or small town. However, pueblo can also refer to a nation or a collective group of people, such as el pueblo español for the Spanish people. The context of the verb viven makes it clear we mean a village here.

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