"ellos" meaning in Spanish

See ellos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈeʝos/, [ˈe.ʝos], /ˈeʝos/, [ˈe.ʝos], /ˈeʎos/, [ˈe.ʎos], /ˈeʃos/, [ˈe.ʃos], /ˈeʒos/, [ˈe.ʒos], /ˈeos/, [ˈe.os] Forms: les [dative]
Rhymes: -eʝos, -eʝos (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain), -eʎos (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines), -eʃos (Buenos Aires and environs), -eʒos (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay), -eos (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama)) Etymology: From Latin illos, from ille. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la|illos}} Latin illos Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun form|dative|les|g=m-p}} ellos m pl (dative les)
  1. plural of él (“they, them”) Wikipedia link: Tuteo, Voseo Tags: form-of, masculine, plural Form of: él (extra: they, them)
    Sense id: en-ellos-es-pron-FMCLVA3s Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Related terms: él, ella, ellas, ello, 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, Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun

Inflected forms

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        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin illos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin illos, from ille.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "les",
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    }
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      },
      "expansion": "ellos m pl (dative les)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "e‧llos"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "e‧llos"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
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          "extra": "they, them",
          "word": "él"
        }
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        "plural of él (“they, them”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ellos-es-pron-FMCLVA3s",
      "links": [
        [
          "él",
          "él#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "they",
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        [
          "them",
          "them"
        ]
      ],
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "ella"
        },
        {
          "word": "ellas"
        },
        {
          "word": "ello"
        },
        {
          "word": "yo"
        },
        {
          "word": "mí"
        },
        {
          "word": "me"
        },
        {
          "word": "conmigo"
        },
        {
          "word": "nosotros"
        },
        {
          "word": "nos"
        },
        {
          "word": "—"
        },
        {
          "word": "nosotras"
        },
        {
          "word": "tú"
        },
        {
          "word": "ti"
        },
        {
          "word": "te"
        },
        {
          "word": "contigo"
        },
        {
          "word": "vos"
        },
        {
          "word": "usted"
        },
        {
          "word": "le"
        },
        {
          "word": "se3"
        },
        {
          "word": "lo"
        },
        {
          "word": "la"
        },
        {
          "word": "vosotros"
        },
        {
          "word": "os"
        },
        {
          "word": "vosotras"
        },
        {
          "word": "ustedes"
        },
        {
          "word": "les"
        },
        {
          "word": "los"
        },
        {
          "word": "las"
        },
        {
          "word": "ello5"
        },
        {
          "word": "sí"
        },
        {
          "word": "se"
        },
        {
          "word": "consigo"
        },
        {
          "word": "Like other masculine words"
        },
        {
          "word": "masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown"
        },
        {
          "word": "when the subject is plural and of mixed gender"
        },
        {
          "word": "Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity"
        },
        {
          "word": "If le"
        },
        {
          "word": "les precedes lo"
        },
        {
          "word": "or las in a clause"
        },
        {
          "alt": "e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije",
          "word": "it is replaced with se"
        },
        {
          "word": "Used primarily in Spain"
        },
        {
          "word": "Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Tuteo",
        "Voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʝos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʝos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʝos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʝos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʎos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʎos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʃos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʃos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʒos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʒos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.os]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʝos"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʝos (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʎos (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʃos (Buenos Aires and environs)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʒos (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eos (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ellos"
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    }
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      "name": "head"
    }
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      "word": "ello"
    },
    {
      "word": "yo"
    },
    {
      "word": "mí"
    },
    {
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "word": "conmigo"
    },
    {
      "word": "nosotros"
    },
    {
      "word": "nos"
    },
    {
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "word": "nosotras"
    },
    {
      "word": "tú"
    },
    {
      "word": "ti"
    },
    {
      "word": "te"
    },
    {
      "word": "contigo"
    },
    {
      "word": "vos"
    },
    {
      "word": "usted"
    },
    {
      "word": "le"
    },
    {
      "word": "se3"
    },
    {
      "word": "lo"
    },
    {
      "word": "la"
    },
    {
      "word": "vosotros"
    },
    {
      "word": "os"
    },
    {
      "word": "vosotras"
    },
    {
      "word": "ustedes"
    },
    {
      "word": "les"
    },
    {
      "word": "los"
    },
    {
      "word": "las"
    },
    {
      "word": "ello5"
    },
    {
      "word": "sí"
    },
    {
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "word": "consigo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Like other masculine words"
    },
    {
      "word": "masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown"
    },
    {
      "word": "when the subject is plural and of mixed gender"
    },
    {
      "word": "Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity"
    },
    {
      "word": "If le"
    },
    {
      "word": "les precedes lo"
    },
    {
      "word": "or las in a clause"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije",
      "word": "it is replaced with se"
    },
    {
      "word": "Used primarily in Spain"
    },
    {
      "word": "Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun"
    }
  ],
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eos",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eos/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eʃos",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eʃos/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eʎos",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eʎos/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eʒos",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eʒos/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eʝos",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/eʝos/2 syllables",
        "Spanish 2-syllable words",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish pronoun forms",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation"
      ],
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          "word": "él"
        }
      ],
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        "plural of él (“they, them”)"
      ],
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        [
          "él",
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        ],
        [
          "they",
          "they"
        ],
        [
          "them",
          "them"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
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        "Tuteo",
        "Voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʝos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʝos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʝos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʝos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʎos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʎos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʃos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʃos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeʒos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.ʒos]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe.os]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʝos"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʝos (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʎos (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʃos (Buenos Aires and environs)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʒos (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eos (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ellos"
}

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