What does "que" mean? And how to use it?

Question

"En algunos países de Hispanoamérica es normal celebrar el día que las chicas cumplen quince años."
In the above sentence, does "es .... que" mean "it is ... that" ? And is "que" a relative pronoun which can replace human or objects?
Thx!!

Answer 1

And is "que" a relative pronoun which can replace human or objects?

Yes, it works both for humans and objects.

Answer 2

Hi, Chris. Welcome to the forum.

Asking what "que" means in Spanish is just like asking what the word "what" means in English. There are simply too many uses of the word to explain.

Take a look at several dictionaries and see how they use "que" in sentences and other examples. You will then get a good feel about how it is used and what it means in each context.