"ello" meaning in Spanish

See ello in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈeʝo/, [ˈe.ʝo], /ˈeʝo/, [ˈe.ʝo], /ˈeʎo/, [ˈe.ʎo], /ˈeʃo/, [ˈe.ʃo], /ˈeʒo/, [ˈe.ʒo]
Rhymes: -eʝo, -eʝo (most of Spain and Latin America), -eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines), -eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs), -eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Etymology: Inherited from Latin illud, neuter of ille. See also lo. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|illud|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin illud, {{inh+|es|la|illud}} Inherited from Latin illud Head templates: {{es-noun|m|-}} ello m (uncountable)
  1. (psychoanalysis) (Freud's concept of) id Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ello-es-noun-6YdD8m4z Categories (other): Psychoanalysis Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈeʝo/, [ˈe.ʝo], /ˈeʝo/, [ˈe.ʝo], /ˈeʎo/, [ˈe.ʎo], /ˈeʃo/, [ˈe.ʃo], /ˈeʒo/, [ˈe.ʒo]
Rhymes: -eʝo, -eʝo (most of Spain and Latin America), -eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines), -eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs), -eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Etymology: Inherited from Latin illud, neuter of ille. See also lo. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|illud|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin illud, {{inh+|es|la|illud}} Inherited from Latin illud Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun}} ello
  1. it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used only to refer to facts, sets of things, and indefinite things that have been mentioned before; generally used with prepositions and rarely used as a subject, except in literary style) Derived forms: en ello, estar en ello
    Sense id: en-ello-es-pron-YQDVDRUd Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 38 62 Related terms: yo, , me, conmigo, nosotros, nos, , nosotras, , ti, te, contigo, vos, usted, le, se3, lo, la, vosotros, os, vosotras, ustedes, les, los, las, él, ella, ello5, ellos, ellas, , 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, Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ello"
}

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