The phrase "lo que.."
What does it mean or what CAN it mean? For example "Lo que siento"
Can you give me multiple examples please? :D I want to really understand it so I can use it myself.
3 Answers
In most sentences it can be translated as "that [neuter thing] which" differentiating it from el que or la que which refer to things that we know the gender of.
Neuter relative pronouns: lo que and lo cual (which, what). Since they are neuter forms, these pronouns refer to a situation or concept, not a specific masculine or femine noun or pronoun. The difference between them is that lo cual is used only when it refers to something that has already been mentioned in the same sentence. Lo que may be used like lo cual, and may also be used to refer to something that has not been brought up before; thus it may be used at the beginning of an utterance. Tip: when the word “what” appears in a sentence and is not a question word, it is normally translated as lo que.
lo que translates basically as "that which," although in English we would often just say "what."
Lo que vi era malo. - That which (what) I saw was bad.
Lo que digo es equivicado. - That which (what) he said is wrong.
I believe it means What or What I. I'm not sure though, although in your example of lo que siento it means that.
