ellas

See also: eļļas, -ellas, and eļļās

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin illas (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellas and Portuguese elas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeʎas/
• Rhymes: -eʎas
• Syllabification: e‧llas

Pronoun

ellas

1. they (third-person plural feminine pronoun)

Synonyms

• els

Portuguese

Pronoun

ellas f pl

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of elas.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronoun

ellas

1. they f

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈeʝas/ [ˈe.ʝas]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝas/ [ˈe.ʝas]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈeʎas/ [ˈe.ʎas]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃas/ [ˈe.ʃas]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒas/ [ˈe.ʒas]

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• Rhymes: -eʝas

• Rhymes: -eʝas
• Rhymes: -eʎas
• Rhymes: -eʃas
• Rhymes: -eʒas

• Syllabification: e‧llas

Pronoun

ellas f pl

1. they, them (used subjectively and after prepositions; can refer to women and feminine nouns)

Derived terms

• a ellas

 

Related terms

• él
• ella
• ello
• ellos

 

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

• “ellos”, 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