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él he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions); it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (usually used after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)

él is the #6 most common word in Spanish, a pronoun. It means “he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions); it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (usually used after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)” and is pronounced /ˈel/.

#6frequency rank
0.21%of everyday Spanish text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of él

FormWhat it isMeaning
ellospluralhe
ellaspluralhe

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