aquellas

aquellas

See also: aquéllas

Aragonese

Determiner

aquellas

1. feminine plural of aquel

---

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin eccu(m) illās.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈkeʝas/ [aˈke.ʝas]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aˈkeʝas/ [aˈke.ʝas]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aˈkeʎas/ [aˈke.ʎas]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈkeʃas/ [aˈke.ʃas]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈkeʒas/ [aˈke.ʒas]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝas

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝas
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎas
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃas
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒas

• Syllabification: a‧que‧llas

Pronoun

aquellas f pl (demonstrative)

1. Alternative spelling of aquéllas; those ones

Usage notes

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

Determiner

aquellas f pl

1. feminine plural of aquel; those (over there; implying some distance)

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	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

Further reading

• “aquellos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014