"él" meaning in Spanish

See él in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈel/, [ˈel] Forms: ella [feminine], ello [neuter], ellos [masculine, plural], ellas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -el Etymology: Inherited from Latin ille (“that one”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|ille||that one|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin ille (“that one”), {{inh+|es|la|ille||that one}} Inherited from Latin ille (“that one”) Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun|masculine third-person singular pronoun||feminine|ella|neuter|ello|masculine plural|ellos|feminine plural|ellas}} él (masculine third-person singular pronoun, feminine ella, neuter ello, masculine plural ellos, feminine plural ellas)
  1. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions) Tags: masculine, pronoun, singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-él-es-pron-M764W8Bs Categories (other): Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 48 52
  2. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns) Tags: masculine, pronoun, singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-él-es-pron-qX4UIqwt Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: el, yo, me, mí1, nosotros, nos, nosotras, , te, ti1, vos, usted, le, se4, lo, la5, vosotros, os, vosotras, ustedes, les, los, las5, ella, la, ello7, ello, ellos, ellas, las, —, se, sí1, Not used with con, conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively, Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish 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 (english: e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije), Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to, Used primarily in Spain, Used only in rare circumstances

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for él meaning in Spanish (4.8kB)

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