el [el]
Usage note
This word is often capitalized and must be preceded by the definite article.
el(
ehl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (transport)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. el ferrocarril elevado
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Saul rode the El to work for years.Saúl tomó el ferrocarril elevado para ir al trabajo durante años.
él(
ehl
)A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).
él, ella
pronoun personal
Usually omitted as a personal pronoun in Spanish except for emphasis or contrast.
1. he, (f) she (sujeto, predicado) (persona) ; it (animal, cosa)
- mi hermana es ella she's the one who is my sister
2. (después de preposición) him, (f) her (complemento)
- de él his
- de ella hers
- voy a ir de vacaciones con ella I'm going on holiday with her
- díselo a ella tell it to her
- este regalo es para él this present is for him
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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