lo

Meaning

1. (accusative,form-of) accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)
2. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lo/

Etymology

As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

Cognate with Portuguese

o

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él

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

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ello

it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used only to refer to facts, sets of things, and indefinite things that have been mentioned before; generally used with prepositions and rarely used as a subject, except in literary style)

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Sentences

¿ Dónde tiene mi niño
🧒

lo feo ?, ¡ que no
🙅

lo veo !

Where does my child have the ugliness, that I don't see it!

Además de entregar a

sus escuchas lo mejor de sí mismos .

In addition to giving their listeners the best of themselves.

La armada

apenas era una sombra de lo que había llegado a

ser .

The navy was hardly a shadow of what it had become.

Cuando la herida es en la mano
✋

, lo mejor es un
🅰️

guante .

When the wound is in the hand, a glove is best.

Su cabeza tampoco lo pudo salvar porque a

ella
👩

tampoco le ofreció sacrificio .

His head could not save him either because he did not offer sacrifice to her either.

El edificio no
🙅

era al principio como lo es en la actualidad .

The building was not at first as it is today.

Ella
👩

se enfrenta a

Ben, quien le explica todo lo sucedido .

She confronts Ben, who explains everything that happened.

La policía local lo libera , con la condición de que encuentre trabajo .

Local police release him, on the condition that he finds work.

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