ella
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin illa, feminine of ille.
Pronoun
ella
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 147: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ella (plural elles)
Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ella
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse ella, shortened from earlier elliga. Compare ellegar.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ella
Synonyms
Conjunction
ella
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ella f (plural elle, archaic plural elleno)
Usage notes
The term has largely fallen out of use in the spoken language, in favour of the oblique form lei.
See also
Italian personal pronouns (alternate)
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | third | m | esso1, egli, elli3 | si, s' | lo, l' | gli | vi, v' | ne, n' | esso, sé |
f | essa, ella, Ella2 | la, l' | le, ella3 | essa, sé | |||||
Plural | third | m | essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3 | si, s' | li | loro | vi, v' | ne, n' | essi, sé |
f | esse, elle3, elleno3 | le | esse, elle,3 sé | ||||||
1 | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | ||||||||
2 | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | ||||||||
3 | Archaic. |
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronoun
ella f
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin illa, feminine of ille.
Pronunciation
- (Rioplatense) IPA(key): /ˈeʒa/, /ˈeʃa/
Pronoun
ella (plural ellas)
- she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)
- it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)
Related 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 |
- 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
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- Faroese conjunctions
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛtla
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