"el cual" meaning in Spanish

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Pronoun

IPA: /el ˈkwal/, [el ˈkwal] Forms: la cual [feminine], lo cual [neuter], los cuales [masculine, plural], las cuales [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun|relative||feminine|la cual|neuter|lo cual|masculine plural|los cuales|feminine plural|las cuales}} el cual (relative, feminine la cual, neuter lo cual, masculine plural los cuales, feminine plural las cuales)
  1. (for a person) who, whom Tags: relative Synonyms: quien, el que, que
    Sense id: en-el_cual-es-pron-PbefBgOU Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 56 44
  2. (for an object) which Tags: relative Synonyms: el que, que
    Sense id: en-el_cual-es-pron-d7wGxV0p

Download JSON data for el cual meaning in Spanish (2.7kB)

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      "form": "los cuales",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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          "english": "Thanks to those who ignored my reminders, we won't have connection to the internet in the house until next month.",
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          "english": "That night, sitting next to a tree in the forest, through which I've wandered countless times, I felt as if I were farther than closer to what I was until some lost moment, about which I still sometimes dream, as if I woke up in some place not known by those like me, a place as outside itself as outside of everything else.",
          "text": "Esa noche, sentado junto a un árbol en el bosque, a través del cual vagaba incontables veces, me sentí como si estuviera más lejos que cerca de lo que yo era hasta algún momento perdido, con el cual todavía a veces sueño, como si me despertara en algún lugar no conocido por aquellos como yo, un lugar tan fuera de sí mismo como fuera de todo lo demás.",
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      "ipa": "/el ˈkwal/"
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      "ipa": "[el ˈkwal]"
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          "english": "Thanks to those who ignored my reminders, we won't have connection to the internet in the house until next month.",
          "text": "Gracias a los cuales no hicieron caso de mis recordatorios, no tendremos conexión a Internet en la casa hasta el mes que viene.",
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        }
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          "text": "Esa noche, sentado junto a un árbol en el bosque, a través del cual vagaba incontables veces, me sentí como si estuviera más lejos que cerca de lo que yo era hasta algún momento perdido, con el cual todavía a veces sueño, como si me despertara en algún lugar no conocido por aquellos como yo, un lugar tan fuera de sí mismo como fuera de todo lo demás.",
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