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lo

lo
[ləʊ]
interjección
también:
  • lo and behold… -> hete aquí que…
lo [lou]
interrogación
1. He aquí, ved aquí, mirad.

Spanish to English Translation

lo

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.
  • Lo bello -> the beautiful
  • Lo difícil -> what is difficult
  • Defiendo lo mío -> I defend what is mine
  • Lo mejor de la película -> the best part of the film
  • No saben lo aburrido que es -> they don't know how boring it is
pronoun
1. It.
  • No lo creo -> I don't believe it
  • No lo he visto nunca -> I've never seen it
pronoun
2. him.
  • No lo conozco -> I don't know him
art "neutro".

 

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