ellas

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See also: eļļas, -ellas, and eļļās

Aragonese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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ellas

  1. they (third-person plural feminine pronoun)

Synonyms

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Portuguese

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Pronoun

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ellas f pl

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of elas.

Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronoun

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ellas

  1. they f

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝas/ [ˈe.ʝas]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈeʎas/ [ˈe.ʎas]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃas/ [ˈe.ʃas]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒas/ [ˈe.ʒas]

 

  • Syllabification: e‧llas

Pronoun

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ellas f pl

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

Derived terms

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See also

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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

Further reading

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