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): (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]

Audio: (file)

Rhymes: -eʝos
Rhymes: -eʎos
Rhymes: -eʃos
Rhymes: -eʒos

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	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masculine²		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	feminine		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal³		usted	le, se⁴	lo/la⁵	usted
	plural	familiar⁶	masculine²	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁶	feminine	vosotras	os		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
	plural	feminine		ellas	les, se⁴	las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí¹

Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
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.
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)
Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
Used primarily in Spain
Used only in rare circumstances

Anagrams

sello