ellas

See also: Ellas, eļļas, -ellas, and eļļās

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ellas

  1. they (third-person plural feminine pronoun)

Synonyms

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

 

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  • Syllabification: e‧llas

Pronoun

ellas f pl

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

Derived terms

See also

Spanish personal pronouns
Nominative Disjunctive Accusative Dative Comitative
First-person Singular yo mí me conmigo
Plural Masculine1 nosotros nos —
Feminine nosotras
Second-person Singular Tuteo tú tí te contigo
Voseo vos —
Formal2 Masculine1 usted le, se3 lo
Feminine la
Plural Familiar4 Masculine1 vosotros os
Feminine vosotras
Formal/general2 Masculine1 ustedes les, se3 los
Feminine las
Third-person Singular Masculine1 él le, se3 lo
Feminine ella la
Neuter ello5 lo
Plural Masculine1 ellos les, se3 los
Feminine ellas las
Reflexive — sí se consigo
  1. Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  2. Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.
  3. 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).
  4. Used primarily in Spain.
  5. Used only in rare circumstances.

Further reading

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