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

• els

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈe.ʎus]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈe.ʎos]

Pronoun

ellos

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

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

			strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
				proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
		majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
		formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
	3rd person	m	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
		f	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
		n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
	1st person		nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
		f	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): /ˈeʝos/ [ˈe.ʝos]

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

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• Rhymes: -eʝos

• Rhymes: -eʝos
• Rhymes: -eʎos
• Rhymes: -eʃos
• 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.

Related terms

• él
• ella
• ellas
• ello

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

Anagrams

• sello