aquél
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See also: aquel
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- aquel (The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /aˈkel/ [aˈkel]
Audio (Latin America): (file) - Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: a‧quél
Pronoun
[edit]aquél m (demonstrative, feminine aquélla, neuter aquello, masculine plural aquéllos, feminine plural aquéllas)
- (demonstrative) that one (far from speaker and listener)
- (demonstrative) the former
- (demonstrative) anyone/anything
See also
[edit]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 |
- 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 or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- 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)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further reading
[edit]- “aquel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014