"lo" meaning in Spanish

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Article

IPA: /lo/, [lo]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la|illum}} Latin illum, {{inh|es|la|illud}} Latin illud, {{cog|pt|o}} Portuguese o Head templates: {{head|es|article|cat2=determiner forms}} lo
  1. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the
    Sense id: en-lo-es-article-YkENbcNI Categories (other): Spanish articles, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish articles: 67 17 16 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 58 25 17 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 46 23 30

Pronoun

IPA: /lo/, [lo]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la|illum}} Latin illum, {{inh|es|la|illud}} Latin illud, {{cog|pt|o}} Portuguese o Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun}} lo
  1. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal) Tags: accusative, form-of Form of: él (extra: (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)), ello (extra: (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)), and usted (extra: (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal))
    Sense id: en-lo-es-pron-hueKnIwH Categories (other): Spanish terms with collocations
  2. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that
    Sense id: en-lo-es-pron-Nx8jk4Kp Categories (other): Spanish terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a lo, lo de, lo que, lo que sea
Related terms: yo, me, mí1, nosotros, nos, nosotras, , te, ti1, vos, usted, le, se4, lo, la5, vosotros, os, vosotras, ustedes, les, los, las5, él, ella, la, ello7, ello, ellos, ellas, las, —, se, sí1, Not used with con, conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively, Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown, when the subject is plural and of mixed gender, Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity, If le, les precedes lo, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (english: e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije), Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to, Used primarily in Spain, Used only in rare circumstances

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