ellos

See also: eļļõs and -ellos

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin illos (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles.

Pronoun

ellos

  1. they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)

Synonyms

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin illos, from ille.

Pronoun

ellos m pl

  1. they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)

Catalan

Etymology

Variant of ells, perhaps produced by influence of Spanish ellos.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ellos

  1. (Northern Catalan, Alghero) they (masculine or mixed group)

Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person.		 3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈeːllos/

Verb

ēllos

  1. third-person singular imperative of eallit

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illos, from ille.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝos/ [ˈe.ʝos]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈeʎos/ [ˈe.ʎos]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃos/ [ˈe.ʃos]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒos/ [ˈe.ʒos]

  • Audio:(file)
 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝos
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎos
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃos
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒos

  • Syllabification: e‧llos

Pronoun

ellos m pl (dative les)

  1. plural of él (“they, them”)

Usage notes
  • Used subjectively and after prepositions; can refer to men, masculine nouns, groups of people or nouns of mixed gender, and (rarely) groups of neuter nouns.

See also
Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

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