How to express "it" - él, ello, ella?

Question

I don't know how to express "it". Do I use él, or perhaps ella, or ello?

Welcome to SpanishDict. Do you have context? - rac1, Jun 9, 2016

Answer 1

It can be confusing because in most cases "it" is not actually said, it is embedded in the verb. That is a big difference between English and Spanish and confuses people trying to do literal translations. For example to say "It is raining," in Spanish we just say "Llueve." That is the third person singular of the verb llover, to rain, and means he/she/it is raining. Another example - if we want to say "It is pretty," and the other person knows what thing we are talking about, we just say "Es bonita."

Answer 2

most used translation for it is "eso" what are you trying to say? complete sentence.

Answer 3

You are correct: él, ello, ella... and a few more.

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