lo que
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]- what, that which (the thing that)
- Synonym: (in some constructions) qué
- Buscamos lo que escondieron. ― We're looking for what they hid.
- No hay ninguna razón convincente por la que debería hablar contigo sobre lo que estoy haciendo en mi propio cuarto.
- There's no convincing reason for which I should talk with you about what I'm doing in my own room.
- whatever
- lo que tú digas ― whatever you say
- (relative) which (pronoun referring to a preceding clause)
- Llegó tarde, lo que me molestó. ― He arrived late, which annoyed me.
- (in comparative constructions, after de) Introduces a subordinate clause expressing the standard of comparison following a main-clause comparative word or phrase (más, menos, mejor, peor, antes, etc.); than [what, how]
- Esperaba que me entretuviera esta película más de lo que hizo.
- I was hoping this movie would entertain me more than it did.
- Se lo prometo a todos que la situación parece mucho peor de lo que es en realidad.
- I promise you all that things appear much worse than they actually are
Derived terms
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]- (at least Canary Islands, nonstandard) but
- El coche es barato, lo que no va muy rápido. ― The car is cheap, but it's not very fast.
Further reading
[edit]- “lo que”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025