lo

=

it

pronoun

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lo, -a

(mpl los, fpl las)

pronoun personal

1. it, pl them (complemento directo) (cosa); him, (f) her, pl them (persona); you (usted)

pronoun personal (neutro & predicado)

1. it

su hermana es muy guapa pero él no lo es -> his sister is very good-looking, but he isn't
es muy bueno aunque no lo parezca -> it's very good, even if it doesn't look it

article (neutro)

also:

lo antiguo me gusta más que lo moderno -> I like old things better than modern things
lo mejor/peor -> the best/worst part
no me quiere ayudar, ¡con todo lo que yo he hecho por ella! -> she doesn't want to help me ? and after all I've done for her!
no te imaginas lo grande que era -> you can't imagine how big it was
¿y lo de la fiesta? -> what about the party, then?
siento lo de ayer -> I'm sorry about yesterday
acepté lo que me ofrecieron -> I accepted what they offered me

lo [lyoo-ve-o’-so, sah]

pronoun

1. It: placed before or after verbs.

Lo tengo aquí, I have it here. Lo veo, -> see it
Guapa sí que lo es -> she's certainly very pretty

It is used before adjectives, when by an ellipsis they are used in a general sense, referring to a thing either masculine or feminine, singular or plural. It is used also with reference to whole sentences.