"ella" meaning in Spanish

See ella in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈeʝa/, [ˈe.ʝa], /ˈeʝa/, [ˈe.ʝa], /ˈeʎa/, [ˈe.ʎa], /ˈeʃa/, [ˈe.ʃa], /ˈeʒa/, [ˈe.ʒa] Forms: ellas [plural], él [masculine], ellos [masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -eʝa, -eʝa (most of Spain and Latin America), -eʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines), -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs), -eʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Etymology: Inherited from Latin illa, feminine of ille. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|illa|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin illa, {{inh+|es|la|illa}} Inherited from Latin illa Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun|plural|ellas|masculine|él|masculine plural|ellos}} ella (plural ellas, masculine él, masculine plural ellos)
  1. she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)
    Sense id: en-ella-es-pron--kqp5Z9- Categories (other): Pages with entries, Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 0 0 44 53 Disambiguation of Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary: 47 53 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 47 53
  2. it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)
    Sense id: en-ella-es-pron-8oK1uFoL Categories (other): Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 0 5 0 0 42 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 0 0 44 53 Disambiguation of Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary: 47 53 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: él, ellas, ellos, yo, , me, conmigo, nosotros, nos, , nosotras, , ti, te, contigo, vos, usted, le, se3, lo, la, vosotros, os, vosotras, ustedes, les, los, las, ello5, , se, consigo, Like other masculine words, masculine 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 (alt: e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije), Used primarily in Spain, Used only in rare circumstances

Inflected forms

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