"la" meaning in Spanish

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Article

IPA: /la/, [la] Forms: las [plural], el [masculine], los [masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa(m), feminine singular of ille. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|osp|ela}} Old Spanish ela, {{inh|es|la|illa|illa(m)}} Latin illa(m) Head templates: {{head|es|articles|plural|las|masculine|el|masculine plural|los|cat2=determiner forms|g=f-s}} la f sg (plural las, masculine el, masculine plural los)
  1. feminine singular definite article; the Tags: feminine, singular
    Sense id: en-la-es-article-87yJuH0h Categories (other): Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary, Spanish 2-letter words, Spanish articles, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of Spanish 2-letter words: 23 27 13 20 17 Disambiguation of Spanish articles: 68 21 11 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 12 31 19 30 8 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 26 17 9 31 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /la/, [la] Forms: las [plural]
Rhymes: -a Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} la m (plural las)
  1. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-la-es-noun-lQW1IT4t Categories (other): Music, Spanish 2-letter words, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Spanish 2-letter words: 23 27 13 20 17 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 12 31 19 30 8 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 26 17 9 31 17 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music) A (the musical note or key) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-la-es-noun-kBc0~GN8 Categories (other): Music, Spanish 2-letter words, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish 2-letter words: 23 27 13 20 17 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 12 31 19 30 8 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /la/, [la]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa(m), feminine singular of ille. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|osp|ela}} Old Spanish ela, {{inh|es|la|illa|illa(m)}} Latin illa(m) Head templates: {{head|es|pronouns}} la
  1. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) Tags: accusative, form-of Form of: ella (extra: (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal)), ello (extra: (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal))
    Sense id: en-la-es-pron-MmVIdGgj Categories (other): Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary, Spanish 2-letter words, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of Spanish 2-letter words: 23 27 13 20 17 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 12 31 19 30 8 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 26 17 9 31 17
  2. impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases: it, this
    Sense id: en-la-es-pron-9kkLBEaH Categories (other): Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary, Spanish 2-letter words, Spanish nouns with irregular gender, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of Spanish 2-letter words: 23 27 13 20 17 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 26 17 9 31 17 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 12 38 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: a la, a la de, buscársela, jugársela, pasarla, saberla, verla, yo, mí, me, conmigo, nosotros, nos, —, nosotras, tú, ti, te, contigo, vos, usted, le, se3, lo, vosotros, os, vosotras, ustedes, les, los, las, él, ella, ello5, ellos, ellas, sí, 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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          "english": "He/she knows everything (it all)",
          "text": "La sabe toda.",
          "translation": "He/she knows everything (it all)",
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          "english": "Where did you see that!?",
          "text": "¿¡Dónde la viste!?",
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          "english": "I don't believe you. (from, \"I don't believe you [when it comes to] this.\")",
          "text": "No te la creo.",
          "translation": "I don't believe you. (from, \"I don't believe you [when it comes to] this.\")",
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          "text": "En un correo electrónico, el ICE dijo a CNN que había determinado que Glades puede ayudar a “despejar la acumulación” de inmigrantes indocumentados en el país.",
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        "feminine singular definite article; the"
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          "english": "He/she knows everything (it all)",
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          "english": "Where did you see that!?",
          "text": "¿¡Dónde la viste!?",
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          "it"
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          "this"
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      "ipa": "[la]"
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      "ipa": "[la]"
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    }
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}

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