When do you use "el que" in a sentence? What does it mean?

Question

Que significa "el que" por ejemplo, "Modernismo es el término con el que se designa a una corriente de renovación..."

Answer 1

"Modernismo es el término con el que se designa a una corriente de renovación..." --- In this case "con el que" can be translated as "with which"

¿El qué? by itself means "What?" (The what?) --- This is asked when you are not sure of what you've heard somebody telling. I believe it is more of a colloquial expression as ¿Qué??? alone serves the same function.

"el que" has a number of applications: as seen above it can mean what or that, which, who, whom.

It has the same meaning when a noun separates them: " Este es el dinero que me distes" --- This is the money that you gave me.

El es el que repara televisores. --- He is the one who fixes televisions.

For a more detailed explanation read this article.

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Answer 2

Robertico:

Great article, well written and easy to understand with lots of good examples. Also has a really good test (I didn't do so well) and then gives the answers.

Thanks so much.

Yeah, we also got one good one here on the site but is not as extensive. - 0068e2f4, NOV 12, 2009