ellos

pron.

1 they.

2 them.

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ellos

► pronombre

1 (sujeto) they

■ ellas lo dijeron they said so

2 (objeto) them

■ vino con ellos she came with them

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de ellos,-as theirs

■ el coche es de ellos the car is theirs

ellos,-as mismos,-as themselves

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= ellas, pron.

1) they

2) them

•

- de ellos

- de ellas

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ellos, -as

PRON PERS MPL / FPL

1) [como sujeto] they

-¿quién lo sabe? -ellos — "who knows?" - "they do" o "them"

ellas no lo saben — they don't know

me dijiste que ellos no vendrían — you told me they wouldn't be coming

ellas nunca llegan tarde, pero ellos sí — the girls never arrive late, but the boys do

2) [después de prep] them

a ellos: dáselo a ellos — give it to them

pregúntales a ellas — ask them

no se lo digas a ellos — don't tell them

a ellos no les han robado — they didn't rob them

estamos esperándolas a ellas — we're waiting for them

con ellos — with them

entre ellos — between them

para ellos — for them

3) [en comparaciones]

como ellos — as them

soy tan rica como ellas — I'm just as rich as them

no puedo comportarme como ellos — I can't behave like them

que ellos — than them

tenemos más poder que ellos — we're more powerful than them

4) [como posesivo]

de ellos — theirs

el libro es de ellos — the book is theirs

este dinero es de ellas — this money is theirs

estuvimos en casa de ellos — we were at their house

fue culpa de ellas — it was their fault

él, ella

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ellas pronombre personal plural

a) (como sujeto) they

ellos me lo dijeron — they told me

lo hicieron ellos mismos — they did it themselves

fueron ellas — it was them, it was they (frml)

b) (en comparaciones, con preposiciones) them

llegué antes que ellos — I arrived before them o before they did

es tan alto como ellos — he's as tall as them o as they are

con/contra/para ellos/ellas — with/against/for them

son de ellas/de ellos — they're theirs, they belong to them

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= they

Ex. They all permit coordination of concepts at the search stage when searching most of the databases that are on offer.

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ellas pronombre personal plural

a) (como sujeto) they

ellos me lo dijeron — they told me

lo hicieron ellos mismos — they did it themselves

fueron ellas — it was them, it was they (frml)

b) (en comparaciones, con preposiciones) them

llegué antes que ellos — I arrived before them o before they did

es tan alto como ellos — he's as tall as them o as they are

con/contra/para ellos/ellas — with/against/for them

son de ellas/de ellos — they're theirs, they belong to them

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= they

Ex: They all permit coordination of concepts at the search stage when searching most of the databases that are on offer.

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ellos ellas [Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

pron pers pl

1 (como sujeto) they

¿quién lo va a hacer? — ellos who's going to do it? — they are

¿y ellas que hacen aquí? what are they doing here?

lo hicieron ellos mismos they did it themselves

fueron ellas it was them, it was they (frml)

2 (en comparaciones, con preposiciones) them; (referido a cosas) them

llegamos antes que ellas we arrived before them o before they did

no eres tan alto como ellos you aren't as tall as them o as they are

¿se lo dio a ellos? did he give it to them?

con/contra/para ellas with/against/for them

son de ellas/de ellos they're theirs, they belong to them

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ellos,

◊ ellas pron pers pl

a) (como sujeto) they;

◊ lo hicieron ellos mismos they did it themselves;

fueron ellas it was them

b) (en comparaciones, con preposiciones) them;

◊ llegué antes que ellos I arrived before them o before they did;

con/para ellos/ellas with/for them;
son de ellos they're theirs, they belong to them
ellos pron pers mpl
1 (sujeto) they
2 (complemento) them
3 (posesivo) de ellos, theirs ➣ él, ella
'ellos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclarar
- antesala
- barrera
- cada
- consigo
- cuñada
- cuñado
- deuda
- distanciamiento
- dos
- ellas
- encargar
- entendimiento
- hermano
- inolvidable
- les
- piedad
- pique
- por
- relación
- revolotear
- sentarse
- sí
- sin
- sobrino
- su
- suya
- suyo
- temporada
- traerse
- trato
- una
- uno
- abismo
- acercamiento
- aire
- atenerse
- compromiso
- dirección
- enemistado
- entre
- existir
- interceder
- los
- quedar
- se
English:
alienate
- barrier
- beat
- behind
- bid
- cast
- chance
- class
- delay
- fact
- fight out
- gap
- hatred
- intervene
- midst
- nationality
- number
- of
- opposed
- relation
- self-conscious
- something
- tactfully
- their
- theirs
- them
- themselves
- they
- unfair
- world
- after
- arrange
- but
- fancy
- further
- give
- go
- hear
- intently
- loom
- quite
- sake
- self
- toward
- with
- worth

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ellos, ellas pron personal

1. [sujeto] they;

ellos no saben nada they don't know anything;

¿quién lo dijo? – ellos who said so? – they did o them;

nosotros estamos invitados, ellos no we're invited, but they're not o but not them;

ellas mismas lo organizaron todo they organized it (all by) themselves;

hemos aprobado – ellos también we passed – so did they;

algunos de ellos some of them;

todos ellos all of them

2. [predicado] they;

son ellos, abre la puerta it's them, open the door;

los invitados son ellos they are the guests

3. [complemento con preposición o conjunción] them;

de ellos theirs;

esta casa es de ellos this house is theirs;

me fui después que ellos I left after they did o after them;

me voy al bar con ellas I'm going to the bar with them;

díselo a ellos tell it to them, tell THEM;

este regalo es para ellos this present is for them;

excepto/incluso ellos except/including them;

por ellos, no hay problema there's no problem as far as they're concerned

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ellos

pron sujeto they; complemento them;

de ellos their;

es de ellos it’s theirs

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ellos, ellas pron pl

1) : they, them

2)

de ellos, de ellas : theirs

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ellos pron

1. (sujeto) they

ellos han salido they've gone out

2. (después del verbo ser, con proposiciones, en comparaciones) them

hablaré con ellos I'll talk to them

de ellos theirs

es de ellos it's theirs

ellos mismos themselves