aquel

See also: aquél

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum ille (“that one”). Akin to Spanish aquel and Portuguese aquele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: a‧quel

Determiner

aquel

1. that

Fala

Alternative forms

• aquil

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aquel, from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: a‧quel

Determiner

aquel m sg (feminine aquela, masculine plural aquelis, feminine plural aquelas)

1. that (far from the speaker and listener)

Pronoun

aquel m sg (feminine aquela, masculine plural aquelis, feminine plural aquelas)

1. that one (far from the speaker and listener)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• aquele (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aquel, from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille. Cognate with Portuguese aquele and Spanish aquel, among others.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkel/ [ɑˈkeɫ]
• Rhymes: -el
• Hyphenation: a‧quel

Determiner

aquel

1. that (far from the speaker and listener)

   Quen é aquel home? ― Who is that man?

Pronoun

aquel m (plural aqueles, feminine aquela, feminine plural aquelas, neuter aquilo) (definite demonstrative pronoun)

1. that over there, yon (far from the speaker and the listener)

   Quen é aquel? ― Who is that [man or boy over there]?

   Quen é aquela? ― Who is that [woman or girl over there]?

   Que é aquilo? ― What is that [thing/animal/plant over there]?

Usage notes

The demonstrative contracts with the prepositions de (“of”) and en (“in”):

• daquel, daquela, daqueles, daquelas, daquilo
• naquel, naquela, naqueles, naquelas, naquilo

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

Noun

aquel m (plural aqueles, feminine aquela, feminine plural aquelas)

1. (informal) je ne sais quoi, an imprecise positive quality

   Esa muller tenche un aquel que me pon parvo. ― That woman has a je ne sais quoi that makes me crazy.

2. (informal) cause, circumstance

   Co aquel de que non se falan non se fixo o que había que facer. ― With the excuse that they don't speak each other what must be done wasn't done.

3. (informal) thingy; used instead of any other noun, either because the speaker don't want to mention it, or because they cann't find the appropriate word

   Synonyms: conto, couso

   Pásame o aquel de furar. ― Hand me that thingy of piercing.

Derived terms

• aquelar
• co aquel

Related terms

• aqueste
• aquestar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aquel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aquel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aquel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aquel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aquel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Occitan

Alternative forms

• aqueth (Gascony)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kɛl/

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Adjective

aquel (f aquela, m pl aqueles, f pl aquelas)

1. this, this one

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkel/ [aˈkel]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: a‧quel

Determiner

aquel m sg (feminine aquella, masculine plural aquellos)

1. (demonstrative) that (over there; implying some distance)

Derived terms

• en aquel entonces
• por aquel entonces

 

Pronoun

aquel

1. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of aquél

Usage notes

• The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

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

Further reading

• “aquel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10