ellas

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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

Portuguese

Pronoun

ellas f pl

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) 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): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝas/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈeʎas/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃas/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒas/

 

  • 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 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

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