aquel

See also: aquél

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *eccu illu, a compound of Latin eccum and illum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.kɛl/

Adjective

aquel (f aquela, m pl aqueles, f pl aquelas)

  1. this, this one.

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈkel/
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)

Determiner

aquel

  1. that

Adjective

aquel (feminine singular aquella, masculine plural aquellos, feminine plural aquellas)

  1. (demonstrative) that (over there; implying some distance)

Pronoun

aquel m (feminine aquella, neutrum aquello, masculine plural aquellos, neutrum plural aquellos, feminine plural aquellas)

  1. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of aquél

Usage notes
  • The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

See also
Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo/la5 ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances
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