ellos

See also: eļļõs and -ellos

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin illos (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles.

Pronoun

ellos

they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)

Synonyms

els

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin illos, from ille.

Pronoun

ellos m pl

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

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

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
			strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
			strong/subject	proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic	possessive
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
	1st person	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
	2nd person	formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	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
adverbial	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

third-person singular imperative of eallit

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illos, from ille.

Pronunciation

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

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Rhymes: -eʝos (most of Spain and Latin America)
Rhymes: -eʎos (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Rhymes: -eʃos (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -eʒos (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: e‧llos

Pronoun

ellos m pl (dative les)

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

				Nominative	Disjunctive	Accusative	Dative	Comitative
First-person	Singular			yo	mí	me		conmigo
	Plural	Masculine¹		nosotros		nos		—
	Plural	Feminine		nosotras		nos		—
Second-person	Singular	Tuteo		tú	tí	te		contigo
		Voseo		vos	—	te
		Formal²	Masculine¹	usted		le, se³	lo
		Formal²	Feminine	usted		le, se³	la
	Plural	Familiar⁴	Masculine¹	vosotros		os
		Familiar⁴	Feminine	vosotras		os
		Formal/general²	Masculine¹	ustedes		les, se³	los
		Formal/general²	Feminine	ustedes		les, se³	las
Third-person	Singular	Masculine¹		él		le, se³	lo
		Feminine		ella			la
		Neuter		ello⁵			lo
	Plural	Masculine¹		ellos		les, se³	los
	Plural	Feminine		ellas		les, se³	las
	Reflexive			—	sí	se		consigo

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.
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).
Used primarily in Spain.
Used only in rare circumstances.

Anagrams

sello