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aquél

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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  • aquel (The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈkel/ [aˈkel]
  • Audio (Latin America):(file)
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: a‧quél

Pronoun

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aquél m (demonstrative, feminine aquélla, neuter aquello, masculine plural aquéllos, feminine plural aquéllas)

  1. (demonstrative) that one (often with the meaning of "over there", sometimes contrasted with ése)
    Synonym: (sometimes) ése
    ¡Mira el barco!
    ¿Cuál, ése?
    No, aquél.
    Look at the ship/boat!
    Which one, that one?
    No, that one.
  2. (demonstrative) the former
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  3. (demonstrative) anyone/anything (clarification of this definition is needed)
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Inflection

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Demonstrative pronouns
proximal medial distal
singular masculine éste ése aquél
feminine ésta ésa aquélla
neuter esto eso aquello
plural masculine éstos ésos aquéllos
feminine éstas ésas aquéllas

See also

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Spanish personal pronouns
Nominative Disjunctive Dative Accusative Comitative
First-person Singular yo me conmigo
Plural Masculine1 nosotros nos
Feminine nosotras
Second-person Singular Tuteo ti 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 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. Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun.

Further reading

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